Moving Units EP
Palm
2003
Rating: 5.5 melodramatic prima donnas out of 10
Add the name Moving Units to the ever-growing list of bands that decided to listen to a lot of Gang of Four, Wire, and P.I.L. before choosing the direction of their band. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, as I like a lot of the acts that make up this current trend (most notably Les Savy Fav and Liars) – but for some reason this seems a little johnny-come-lately, like the guy who shows up at the party after all the hot chicks have already decided what cool guys they’re going home with (at least that’s what I’m told these parties are like, I’m never invited. Bastards.). Moving Units probably can’t be blamed for this, as they were most likely just playing the music that they liked to play and it just ended up sounding like what all the hip kids are listening to now, but probably won’t be listening to anymore in a month.
That aside, I enjoyed this EP well enough. Moving Units sound a whole hell of a lot like The Rapture, with the singer alternating between impersonating the singer for The Strokes and Johnny Rotten. The Strokes comparison is especially notable, as he really sounds exactly like that guy from time to time, and the intentional lo-fi sound of the record only adds to the similarities between these two bands.
I can’t say that this CD will hold a spot in my CD changer for long, as it mostly just makes me want to listen to Les Savy Fav and Liars; and given that this is only their first release, we might yet see some pretty great things out of Moving Units yet. After all, Les Savy Fav sounded exactly like Fugazi on their first album, and now they’re off onto their own jag, and don’t sound really sound like Fugazi at all anymore.
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