White Light Parade is another young UK band that seemingly pops up out of nowhere with a debut full-length. “House Of Commons” is a cross contamination between indie rock and punk and while being all slick and catchy, the band’s influences are a little too obvious.Take some of Oasis’ rock and roll swagger, throw in some The Clash influences, a bunch of Kinks melodies and a vocalist who sounds a lot like that dude from The Living End and voila, White Light Parade. It’s nothing too shabby with songs like opener “Burn It Down” and “Wake Up”. But further down the tracklisting, the songs sound too much alike for their own good. It makes “House Of Commons” a fun album that’s nothing out of the ordinary.
Score: 6 out of 10
http://www.splitrecords.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/whitelightparade
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