Search - Duke Spirit :: Cuts Across the Land

Perfect CD

Bezweifeln | USA | 06/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A review of a record and a group that caught me completely unawares and then was listened to for an entire month making me a total screaming fan by the time I saw them live in Ann Arbor? Not a balanced one anyway. I love this band. They are original with stirring music to go with intelligent lyric. A new force in my mind that should be better known and recognized. There are NO weak tracks on this album. Leila moves like Axl Rose and sings like a cooler, female Jim Morrison. How's that for an incoherent raving fan review?"

Energetic, but a bit samey

byrner | The South | 11/13/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Duke Spirit is supposed to be the "latest greatest" emerging British band. Their songs are lively and highly energetic, the band is fun to watch (on YouTube, anyway). The down side is, I find I can't listen to the whole album without getting antsy. They're certainly likable, with a sound derived (to my ears) from Siouxsie and the Banshees. But all the same, the tracks fly by and are mostly indistinguishable from one another. A cut or two from Duke Spirit is a great way to spend a few minutes, but after that I start flipping through CDs looking for something else. "Love Is an Unfamiliar Name" is my favorite track, but if you don't like that one, well there are 14 more that sound just like it--take your pick. All in all, Cuts Across the Land has its charms, just not five stars worth of them."