Album Reviews

The Pigeon Detectives – Emergency
8.0
 on
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 00:00
submitted by
Thomas

Barely one year ago The Pigeon Detectives released their debut album “Wait For Me”, which was one of the most fun albums I’ve heard all year. They’re back already now with “Emergency”, a reflection on all the things that happened to the band in the past twelve months. Sure sounds serious enough but these guys wouldn’t be The Pigeon Detectives if they didn’t still excel at writing upbeat and incredibly catchy songs. A point they immediately prove on opener “This Is An Emergency” and the equally energetic “I’m Not Gonna Take This”. They slow down a bit on the next couple of songs before going all out again after that. Only to slow down completely with “Nothing To Do With You”. And hell, they even pull off a ballad!

It’s that mix of brawny pop that we know from the Kaiser Chiefs along with a little bit of edge that The Strokes used to have and a crispy production job by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, Babyshambles), that makes “Emergency” a great listen. One can hardly attribute The Pigeon Detectives a sound of their own but fuck it, an album with songs as catchy as “I’m A Liar” has every right to be played at maximum volume and preferably at a festival this summer.

Tom Dumarey
Tom Dumarey

Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.