West Lothian band Dead Sea Souls could never be accused of pretension judging by the evidence of the songs on this EP. Staring with the nervy tale of Friday night psychos “Cagefighter”, each one is a song of the people by the people and, like The View before them, they know their audience well.
“My Problem” follows the formula with sat-nav accuracy and it is hard to imagine the aggressively beer fuelled “Trendsetter” missing the bullseye on the dartboard of popular music. In fact, that one also gets a remix into a banging choon just perfect for your fart pipe equipped Pug. Oddly enough for a band that can certainly cut it on stage, it is the live version of “Girl On The Corner” that falls flat.
Dead Sea Souls are a band that perform with verve when so many wallow in self indulgence making this a promising release.