Natural Emotions - Ask Me Why (Single Review)

Now I reviewed these lads back in March, and their EP was bloody brilliant. So if you would like to read their previous review or listen to the EP click on this link and it will send you directly to the review. - http://musicblog89.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/natural-emotions-ep-review.html
Natural Emotions are a post-modernist inspired 3-piece from Birmingham. The trio consists of; Tom Gilpen on guitar and lead vocals, his brother - Jack Gilpen on bass and Dan Tweedie on the drums. Their most recently released track is called 'Ask Me Why' and it was released on the 1st of April 2016.

Immediately the track sounded very heavily influenced by The Libertines/Babyshambles. As the song began to progress the rhythm and guitar riffs are almost identical to the notorious Libertines track - 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun'. You can almost here the line -

'All my friends you haven't changed, you're looking rough and living strange.'

However Natural Emotions rendition goes as follows...

'Don't come and ask me why, all the water in the sky's gone dry. When you're sitting under the setting sun.'

The guitar riffs are very catchy and help to hold the song together as it keeps the rhythm and helps the drums to keep the beat. The lyrics are also very well thought out just like their previous tracks. The song is about someone who is completely and utterly in love with someone and they are just too blind to see and they just continue to play mind games by pretending that they want them; and then the next moment making out as though they don't want them anymore. They pick them up then drop them right back down in the split of a second.

In conclusion this track is more of a stepping stone into a new genre in contrast from their EP last June. Last June they were a mix of the 60's through to the late 80's, a combination which I thought worked well due to the variation of genres through the track.  Moving forward in their career they have progressed into a modern day indie rock band, however it could just be a one-off instead of a stepping stone? I suppose you and I will have to ask the band themselves... Taking influences from the Arctic Monkeys and The Libertines which are incredibly well-known within the early-late 2000's indie rock. Admittedly I am not a big fan of The Libertines; however I do like the track 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun' which I claimed this track has been heavily influenced by. Well done lads, it has been a pleasure seeing your progression as a band. Keep up the hard work and good luck with your future endeavours.

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