The comparison with Coldplay is obvious. The career of the young Irish band The Thrills is also developing at a fast pace. The second CD of The Thrills also sounds, due to the many tours, a lot stronger than the debut So Much For The City (2003), on which the American west coast pop of the sixties was taken as the starting point. And in the case of The Thrills, this development is a welcome one. It
… doesn't make Connor Deasy's moaning (somewhat comparable to Robert Smith from The Cure) sound more pathetic than it needs to be. Prominent guests such as Peter Buck (REM) and Van Dyke Parks contribute to the arrangements, giving the songs depth despite their raw character. Apparently the band and the management wanted to quickly share the progress with the rest of the world. The second album is released barely a year after the debut and that is fast. Let's Bottle Bohemia fully delivers on the promise of the first album. (MS)more
