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Hansom Pilot - Hansom Pilot EP
Released: 26th February 2007
Label: eleventh hour
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Usually I’m quite polar in my opinions on bands – I either really like them or can’t stand them. Hansom Pilot has caused me some consternation, not just because the name seems to be spelt so stupidly, but because the 2 main aspects of the music just don’t seem to sit together properly. In fact, you don’t even need to listen to the music, you just need to look at a photo of them: it looks like the Sugababes are performing with Stereophonics. I’m not one to judge just on appearance, but this is exactly what they sound like too.
Herein lies the tension: the vocals are too bubblegum pop, whereas the music itself is too indie rock. The musicianship itself is nothing interesting, nothing beyond your typical chart indie band, and although I have to admit hearing a bit of the Smashing Pumpkins in their sound from time to time it’s just not enough to save the band. Mixing genres has obviously worked in the past – with, for example, Evanescence – but this only really happens when the 2 genres are very different from one another. Pop and indie are perhaps too closely related for their offspring to be anything distinct.
It says a lot that they refer to themselves on their website as having an ‘anglo-american’ sound, which, as we all know, means pop drivel hidden behind the guise of rock because they throw a bit of guitar in. No song on the EP seems to have any differentiation from the others, but you couldn’t even say that they’re a bad band, as the writing, singing and performing is all distinctly average. They are too bland to be interesting, or to rouse love or hate from me, which – if I’m honest – is all too easy normally. Too rocky for pop types and too poppy for rock types, I can’t really see what their target audience is, and even if they found it, I’m fairly sure they wouldn’t be all that bothered about the band anyway.
For more information you can visit: http://www.hansompilot.com
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