Wolves Like Us - Late Love
Wolves Like Us put five decades' worth of hardcore experience to good use...
Posted Wednesday, 22 June 2011 in ,
Rating: 7
These Norsemen have somewhere in the neighbourhood of five decades worth of experience playing in punk rock and hardcore bands. With that, you figure they should know what they’re doing by now and the former members of
JR Ewing and
Amulet certainly illustrate their capabilities. Tracks like ‘Deathless’ and ‘Gone To Dust’ streamline the sharp edges of 90s post-core heroes
Planes Mistaken For Stars and
Drive Like Jehu with a soothing melodic phrasing whereas ‘Burns Like A Paper Rose’ is more raucous, like that screamo house show you attended back in the mid-90s with the whole she-bang being warmly embraced by Lars Kristiansen’s powerful baritone vocals.
Kevin Stewart-Panko