Wireless Stores - Historic Sites Of Scenic Beauty # 1

by Jon Rogers

published: 13 / 6 / 2003

Wireless Stores - Historic Sites Of Scenic Beauty # 1

Label: In At The Deep End
Format: CD

Competent and well-constructed, but standard cliched "meat and potatoes indie guitar rock" from new Nottingham-based trio, the Wireless Stores

Review

Nottingham-based The Wireless Stores is really the baby of Paul Yeadon who found a limited amount of success with the band Bivouac around 1993 when they released their debut album 'Uber' and a handful of well-received singles. They then signed to Geffen and then never managed to match their initial offerings. Yeadon's latest venture, the trio of The Wireless Stores, also looks set not to create any great ripples either. This six-track, 20-minute EP is nothing more than meat and potatoes indie guitar rock with a little bit of so-called Emo thrown into the pot. Sure, you can dine out on it quite contentedly and it makes a substantial meal but by the end it's all rather a little bland, as if the herbs and spices that add an extra flavour and taste have been forgotten leaving something which is just ordinary and plain. It'sall been done before-many times over. There's melodic guitar parts, thrashier work-outs and, of course, the slower, quieter bits. It's all very competent and neatly constructed, but fails to stamp its own identity on any of the tracks and all too similar to any number of B-grade indie guitar bands. The band don't manage to imprint their signature at all. The title track, a 3-minute instrumental, goes nowhere and is packed full of indie cliches. And that's the best track.