When The Subways burst onto the scene witH "Young For Eternity" in 2005, their spiky brand of indie-punk and male/female shared vocals won them a lot of fans, and praise for being a little different from the rest of the bands who were emerging at the time. Fast forward six years, and now on their third studio album, have the band kept the spark alive?
The answer is for the most part, yes. "Money and Celebrity" has the same indie-punk stylings as the band have always had, and the songs are as tight as ever. Lead track, and the lead single "It's A Party!" could be a Subways anthem, and the second single "We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time" is as good a song as the band have ever recorded. In fact, apart from "Celebrity" (which has substantially "borrowed" from Bloc Party's "Banquet", though I see no writing credit suggesting as much) all the songs are pretty damn good and catchy. Billy Lunn is now very much the lead vocalist, bassist Charlotte Cooper is now pretty much just a (very audible) backing vocalist, but the contrast between their two voices manages to be enough to keep things fresh.
"Money and Celebrity" is a strong effort from The Subways, catchy, sharp and to the point. They're a band who are working hard, and providing good music while doing it.
*** 1/2
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