Smoking is a nasty habit you can’t get rid of and even though “Smoking Kills” is only this band’s debut, I can very well see The Disciplines becoming a nasty habit as well. Thought up between three members of Norway’s Briskeby and The Posies’ Ken Stringfellow, these guys already manage to sound like a well-oiled machine on their first album even though I think there was more alcohol than oil involved with the recording of this album.
If you can imagine a hybrid of chunky Scandinavian rock and The Posies’ knack for writing floating rock tunes, you should have an idea of what these cuts sound like. They already had a big hit in Norway with “Oslo” and it’s only time before the rest of Europe will fall for these guys as well. Especially if they unleash cuts like “Yours For The Taking”, “Get It Right” or “There’s A Law” on the unsuspecting masses. These songs rock just hard enough to get your energy level way up while still being able to soothe you with nice melodies.
They fumble the ball a little on songs like “I Got Tired” and “Like So Many Times Before” but then pick up speed again and score a touchdown with the more garage-y last two songs “No Vacancy” and “Cause Or FX”.
Great album despite the couple of lesser songs in the middle!
Score: 8 out of 10
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