Staff Reviews

Losers - How To Ruin Other People's Futures

Review by Haydon Spenceley

One of the most life-affirming albums of the year»

Buy now from:

Made up of Tom Bellamy (ex-Cooper Temple Clause), Paul Mullen (ex-YourCodeNameIs:Milo / Young Legionnaire), Eddy TM (DJ / new music radio and club guru) and Dean Pearson with years of history across a huge range musical landscapes, Losers are the rarest of species, a band with no safety net and no conformist formula to follow. Their previous material has crossed over a huge range of styles and genres with their earlier dance driven material developing all the way into the more rock driven and poignant emotive output of their previous album. Losers are back with another more developed new outlook, as a new band, and more importantly, with their new album 'How To Ruin Other People's Futures'. For long-time Losers fans 'How To Ruin Other People's Futures' will be seen as a rapid evolution to the bands top form. The new album is a free falling head first descent into the bands new dark, brooding and emotionally brutal sound. Crushing electronics reminiscent of Health collide with instrumental and vocal dynamics and intensity that call to mind the sounds of early-Nine Inch Nails, whilst the lyrics are far more visceral and caustic than before. On tracks such as 'Chainsaw' and 'This Is A War' Losers exhibit their newly found raw power and abrasive edge, at times calling to mind the electronic punk edge of early-Prodigy albums. The lyrics are contemplative and full of ferocity, however they also induce feelings of transfiguring uplift. 'How To Ruin Other People's Futures' is the culmination of what Losers have been working towards over the past four years, harking back to the more guitar driven, melodic work of their second album, and even the more dance driven sound of their earlier incarnation, whilst eagerly succumbing to their darker and heavier sensibilities.
description from www.roughtrade.com