The mesmeric title track opens an album of modern alt rock immersed in eighties new wave.
'Regeneration' is cleancut, uncluttered, yet filled with shuffling beats, big guitars and muscular melodies. Tide cleverly set that against a cinematic expanse of electronica, recalling a wealth of genre pioneers like Bowie and Icehouse (Adieu), and elsewhere suggesting bandwagon jumpers like The Cult and Simple Minds joining U2 on one of their Berlin recording sessions (You, Best Friend).
Continuing in the vein of : If you're gonna borrow, then borrow from the best, 'All The Things' was plainly written after listening to the Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and if Chinn & Chapman had burst onto the music scene in the eighties, The Sweet would have sounded like Tide does on 'Love Train'.
It's hard to imagine just where this band will draw a fanbase from, as they don't fit readily into any pigeonhole, but there's no question that what they do, they do extremely well.
Style: Rating: 6/10Posted by
Brian - Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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