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REVIEW: Derailer

I’m not sure if it’s the album art or the title itself, but Derailer doesn’t immediately scream folk trio band to me.

Even more so when checking out their Facebook, current location: Shitsville. I’m getting that from these guys this place is more of a state of mind, cause Wiltshire ain’t that bad. But I hear what they’re saying.  So granted it felt kind of odd that my first instinct was to give them a listen whilst I emptied the dish washer. Luckily, nothing was broken but this was not without temptation. My mood notably changed from wanting a lovely brunch to feeling quite pissed off, like when something’s bothering you but you can’t quite put your finger on it. Thankfully Derailer aren’t a pissed off rock band just shouting and screaming, cause yeah that’s so punk and they can, there’s a lot of substance behind it all. I’m drawn conclusively to the latter when I reach We Are Not Devine, as they lyrically elaborate: “We’re just the scum of the earth, with a human mind”. And they’re right, our planet is being destroyed by humans. This track, in my eyes, comes combined with a hint of Foo Fighters’ The Pretender. ‘Delete the Elite’ quickly becomes a rational way of thinking supported by a variety of instruments like guitar, drums and a harmonica. The band aren’t the first to switch on to such subject matter, but they’re continuing to drive the momentum behind what is wrong with today’s current social state. The 12 track album is almost like a good, and poignant, argument. On average most of the tracks hit just under 4 minutes but within that time I’m hearing the demise of the mass media and its plague-like infection amongst society, as well as this false sense of consumer delusion. However, Delete the Elite isn’t just a 12 track rant. I get to Sleepwalk Into Nightmares and Creepin’ Jesus and I genuinely think they’d be really suited to the soundtrack of a road movie. The songs have got the reflexive and loner-style attributes which would compliment the genre. The loner types are often rebellious, anti-mainstream misfits and that’s what I’m gettng from Derailer. @DerailerMusic

  • REVIEW: Derailer
  • REVIEW: Derailer