The Darkness - Hot Cakes (2012)

[Key]

Originally Posted by Bert'

Never seen such an inoriginal band before.

Thanks for the input. Seems almost pointless.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Ki

Thanks for the input. Seems almost pointless.

Inoriginal isn't even a word. I suppose he means unoriginal.

[Key]

Originally Posted by Bert'

The Darkness has always sounded to me like a pale copy of bands from the 70s or 80s. And this was quite the reputation they had in Europe when they released the album with "I believe in a thing called love".

Be that as it may, they still sound good and this album is fantastic with each listen.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Bert'

The Darkness has always sounded to me like a pale copy of bands from the 70s or 80s. And this was quite the reputation they had in Europe when they released the album with "I believe in a thing called love".

Well, yeah, they were trying to sound like 70s/80s arena rock. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Get Your Hands Off of My Woman" were pretty good, and hilarious songs imo, though I never really had any interest beyond that first album.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Bert'

Yes. I did not mean their songs just suck, but only that this band does not have its own sound.

I think they kind of do though. They have a much more deliberately goofy vibe than the bands they are inspired by. And their sound is an updated version of arena rock, sort of like how the Stray Cats were an updated (at the time) version of rockabilly.