Rating: NNN
A friend once called Mclusky, the Welsh post-hardcore band fronted by Andy “Falco” Falkous, current frontman for Welsh post-post-hardcore band Future of the Left, “too high school.” It’s a fair criticism.
Mclusky – and to a lesser extent Future of the Left – managed to harness sarcastic adolescent anger. They’re mad like you were mad in high school, when everything in the goddamned world seemed like parts of a broad conspiracy in place to piss you off.
On their fourth full-length, Future of the Left have barely moved past this juvenile sneering, railing against Kim Kardashian, the Apple Store and menstrual blood, all on the embarrassingly bad Singing Of The Bonesaws alone.
They can still rage, summoning plenty of singalong anger on Donny Of The Decks and Things To Say To Friendly Policemen. But their targets feel more academic. The record even has a song called The Male Gaze, for god’s sake. Call it Falco Goes To College.
Top track: Donny Of The Decks
