The Bravery
The Bravery

THE REVIEW

First of all, a premise is necessary: there are bands that have made history or even a genre. Then there are bands that know how to take inspiration from historic bands and create works that, although "copied," are appreciable (a clear example in my opinion is Wolfmother), and then there are bands that shamelessly plagiarize and accomplish absolutely nothing: this is the case of The Bravery.

These five guys from New York may look like super cool rockers, but when you listen to them, you're left utterly disappointed. Most of their songs have an electronic base that could easily come from one of the many English Pop-New/Wave tracks of the '80s. If we really want to name names, these The Bravery are somewhat a parody of a hypothetical fusion between: Duran Duran, Killers, Human League, Strokes, and O.M.D. (I apologize if I've offended any fans of any worthy band in this list, but it's only my humble opinion). Then I heard someone comparing them to Interpol, a band I don't like, but I don't feel like condemning as "similar to The Bravery."

Honestly, as much as it pains me to admit, I didn't hate the first track "An Honest Mistake", which seems catchy and well-executed, but the rest of the songs are truly horrible (horrible...a mundane adjective, but never more fitting than in this circumstance). They reach the pinnacle of awfulness (a neologism coined by me today) with some songs including "Public Service Announcement", which has an almost Aqua-like dance chorus (without the "c"?) one of those bands that broke down the walls that stood between Music and crap, understood precisely as the brown substance defecated from the rear end. Another decidedly poorly executed song is "The Ring Song", which sounds a bit like "Unconditional", which in turn sounds a bit like "Fearless". The songs might not be in the order I mentioned, but who cares. In short, if the question nagging at you is: is it worth buying this album? The answer is... no.