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"What do you think about miracles?" he asks over the opening riff of another sombre guitar track. Which is a shame, because he could have asked something a bit less complex like, "what do you think about marmite?" or even better "what are you having for tea tonight?", and we could have a discussion. Both of these answers are quite simple, you see - marmite is like eating liquid tar and I'm having fish and chips. With mushy peas of course!

It's clear that this isn't going to be a song to get you jumping around in your living room to create some sort of second rate moshpit like 'Buck Rogers' did. Feeder have now perfected the downbeat, slow-rolling guitar anthem and it works something like this:

1 - Take a mountain of calm sound and add Grant's distinctive vocals.

2 - Make sure the drums aren't too loud and overpower everything else.

3 - Wait for the chorus to kick in for a (relatively) frenzied machine gun blast of drums.

4 - After chorus finishes, repeat steps 1-3 until the song is over.

The band clearly think this formula is a recipe for success, and that people can't get enough of that sound. And yet what they SHOULD be thinking is something along the lines of "it's a miracle no-one has rumbled what we do and demanded we do something a bit more up-tempo."
Though it would be a nice change?

Please surprise me with the next single please. Thank you!

Download: Out now
CD Released: June 9th

(Matthew Laidlow)