I thought I’d review Finch’s new album as I don’t feel that I have anything blog-worthy (despite moving back home today, and having my car dented by some bastards the day before).

I bought ‘Say Hello To Sunshine’ the day it came out, like any true fan would, I didn’t even ‘find’ and ‘advance’ copy on the net. After listening to it a few times in the house, and then the far louder environment of my car on the drive home, I’ve decided that I like it. It’s very different to the debut album ‘What It Is To Burn,’ but that doesn’t necessarily mean its worse (though, to be honest, I’d say it wasn’t quite as excellent), WIITB was stuffed full of easily-appreciatable radio-esque hits, or at least as close as you can get to a radio-friendly hit with anything approaching the screamo-core genre (lets not have a genre argument here). ‘Say Hello….’ feels as if it is an experimental slow burner, with songs that don’t grab me, but I’m not compelled to stop listening either, it’s curious, and most definitely a brave move by the Finch boys. Though having said this, I don’t think it’ll be quite as bigger seller as the debut.

I can’t decide whether I’ll go and see them on the latest tour (that is, if there are any tickets left), since both of the times I’ve seen them previously I’ve gone away slightly disappointed, maybe because of rumours they get blind-drunk before shows, and maybe because the production of their songs simply can’t be fully translated to the stage, no matter how hard Nate forces himself to produce those gutteral screams.

And now time for the obligatory Amazon.co.uk affiliate link to the new album