IDriveHome are three young guys from Dundee and "Vegas" is their first single. So far so good. It's even a fairly spirited song in a Frightened Rabbit kind of way but it leaves you wondering if the band has fallen foul of fashion.
There are moments when you can hear the punk fuelled anger trying to force its way out but the awkward half time break loses the songs impetus and all the time that unmistakably trendy sound of heavily compressed overdriven guitars just about swamps the melody. Don't get me wrong - this is by no means a bad song or performance - but you can hear in whose footsteps they are following.
The song ends with the words "…let your inhibitions go". A good sentiment and one which, having seen Adam, Andy and Mikey perform live recently, will surely cause them to abandon this search for maximum loudness and instead undertake a search for their musical individuality. I don't think it will take them long to find it.
Available for download from iTunes.