Reviews

Pic by Jay Hynes

What Burial did for dubstep, Lee Bannon might just do for drum’n’bass.

It’s a poor man’s Coldplay/Elbow/White Lies/Foals/Bloc Party/etc., and yields few rewards.

Only ten songs deep, None The Wiser is a short, inoffensive indie-pop record, but is unlikely to catch the ear of anyone outside the band’s established cult following.

The opening title track is one of the best on offer, fusing trademark swagger from Webbe with crunchy metal chugs, settling into a more steadfast punk in Worlds On Fire and the ballad-like We Live.

Most bands would kill to have one singer as good as either one of them; Snakadaktal have two and their voices really need to be highlighted.

This show is calculated and brash, repeated ad infinitum through every stop of the Major Lazer world tour. But it is irresistible. This is Major Lazer. This is where the party’s at.