Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up ‘Til It Was Light
May 9, 2008 by Mark
Johnny Foreigner’s debut effort is disappointingly your run of the mill and unambitious debut indie album. The ‘next big thing’ in the disposable music industry, the album is comparable to efforts over recent years from other shouty guitar bands such as Dartz! and Hot Club de Paris and an underproduced Los Campesinos! I’m a little surprised there isn’t an exclamation mark after their name.
‘Waited up ’til it was light’ is an almost bland concoction of boy/girl vocals shouted over unnecessarily complicated sounding guitar riffs (you know the sort I mean) and a generally overdone lo-fi sound; Johnny Foreigner will hardly be revolutionising music any time soon.
But while there may be a few inspired moments of music on the record; ‘Waited up til it was light’ reminds me of early Cribs work, albeit lacking in the musical drive and personality they need to succeed. The album itself is quite fun on the first run through, and I can just about see what the kids in spray-on jeans are raving about; but I can’t see it getting any more than 2-3 listens from me.
Although whether we’ll actually hear anything relevant from them after this release is questionable; in my honest opinion this album was written just a couple of years too late.
Release Date: June 2nd 2008
My Verdict: 5/10
