GREED - Burn it Down

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\r\n    \r\nGREED  continue the pretty wide\r\npunk genre’s legacy. Though coming from Sweden, GREED seem comfortable enough\r\nserving a kind of music, ad nauseam \r\nbranded as “British”.\r\n

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\r\n     Specifically, GREED are apprenticed in the\r\npost – hardcore scene, an offshoot, and somewhat development of past decades’\r\nclassic punk rock. Through “Burn it down”, they offer uplifting tunes, radio\r\n–friendly music, which however presents a major drawback: the album offers\r\nnothing new, extracting the feeling that you’ve actually listened to these\r\nsongs in an American teenage movie or so – and that’s a bad feeling, indeed.\r\n

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\r\n     Regarding the band’s playing, this is too\r\npoor, the way this genre “requires”. It is therefore clear, that this weakness\r\nis not to be taken into consideration. At the same time though, this is the\r\nlink that leads the repetition of GREED’s ideas throughout the album. In other\r\nwords, a dude quitting the album’s \r\nlisten during the first song, should have explored GREED’s music as much\r\nas a patient / well – intentioned one having listened to all 11 compositions.\r\n

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\r\n     Nevertheless, the fact that they seem to\r\nfancy what they’re doing is certainly not to be ignored. In addition, they\r\nmaintain timeless punk – rock constants, such as the “do it yourself” attitude\r\nand much more, while avoiding to be stuck on them. Their lyrics never reached\r\nmy cognizance, but judging by the  band’s\r\noverall aesthetic, they are unlikely to diffract any political statements (a\r\nconcept regarded as “traditional” decades ago).\r\n

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\r\n     By inference, GREED’s music is a modern,\r\npost - hardcore mixture, though sterile in originality; recommended only to\r\nthose in love with the genre.\r\n

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