Vestmanlands - Transister

It is easy to give up listening to the trio Transisters debut album after only 30 sec, because the single hit 'Look who's perfect now' has so embarrassly many similarities with Garbage's 'Supervixen.' But if you take your finger away from the off-button you will find a band with unexpected quality. It is true that the Garbage influences are obvious trough the whole album, but just like the model Garbage, Transister has a colorful female singer who saves their honor. Keely Hawkes has a voice full of charisma, which cuts holes in the machine roar and the mean guitars. Beside Hawkes's voice there is a bunch of strong pop songs that more than enough compensates the lack of originality. It is hard to resist a powerful ballad like 'Day #1' or the chorus of 'Then I walked away.'

Fredrik EMDEN

Vestmanlands Lans Tidning
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Traslated from Swedish by P.E. Ervasti

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