*Kill The Lights - Buffalo Love (Album)

Kill The Lights - Buffalo Love (Maple Music)

"Kill The Lights is four men and one woman making calculated noises to specific rhythms with amplified instruments." Band Bio

"Buffalo Love" is one of those albums with so much difference and variation to it that it takes a good few listens to start to understand what it is you might be listening to. This is not a negative quality by any means, unless you are an impatient listener. The album is definitely a grower - however 'Skinny White Girls' along with having an amusing title and being my favourite track on the album, has an instantly clear indie/pop appeal while remaining just on the edge to constantly make you re-consider whether that is anywhere near a correct classification.
The album is full of prominent stabbing guitar parts placed throughout, speedy drumming and a variation of vocal showcases - yearning, sleepy, and at times urgent; Kill The Lights is a hard band to fit into any boxes. Songs like 'Orestes' while still containing the feverish drumming seen so many other places on the album has haunting guitar parts and the kind of vocals on a chorus that make you shout right back. It's not the most consistent of albums, there are a few tracks that fall at the mediocre end of the spectrum, but highlights such as 'Skinny White Girls' 'Orestes' and 'Bombs' clearly show a band that knows what they want to sound like, even if we don't always share in that knowledge.

"Underlying it all, there is a sense that music should be an artistic venture that combines passion, musical chops, friendship, and self-challenge." Band Bio

6.5/10