Whilst there are more obvious things to hate about Razorlight than their drumming the defection of their former tub-thumper Andy Burrows to join We Are Scientists last year has seen his new employers saddled with La ‘Lights uninspired flat sound and a mood vacuum of epic proportions - comparing “Barbara’s” turgid fare to former glories like 'The Great Escape' or 'Nobody Move...' tells you everything.
‘Barabara’ moves away from their dynamic sound and is so imbued with sub-par 80’s production, that where once they held my heart with their vim, vigour and humour, now all I’d be willing to give WAS is a good kicking.
Languid – or 'shit' - efforts like 'Foreign Kicks' or the vom-inducing, Crowded House with chiming guitars, effort of ‘Ambition’ make you pine for wit or melody. 'Break it Up' and 'You Should Learn' are incessantly catchy but that’s not necessarily a good thing and no excuse for the rest of the album.
The lead single 'Rules Don’t Stop' or even 'I Don't Bite' should have been their templates but instead they reside in the toilet bowl of mediocrity. Someone flush and put us out of our misery.
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