Leaf "A Taste of What's To Come" (you and whose army records)

Leaf mean it, they really do. Seeing how much effort they put into what they do. For this EP here, they eg knocked up their own label. Hardly anyone does that anymore these days. So when it comes to being persistent, Leaf win by about a zillion miles.

The title track of the EP (A Taste Of What's To Come) is a quieter, slightly melancholic number that sounds more like an intro to the whole thing. Next on is Numbness, which appears to be a catchy outlet of the ever present Teenage Angst ("My neighbours hate me, my girlfriend cheats on me....life sucks! You are stupid!"), but without the "Tonight Mum I won't tidy up my room. I'll wear mascara down to my chin instead" attitude. Hence Numbness is not for wrist-slitting Manics fans. You see, Teenage Angst appears in a multidute of facets. Ha!

Moving swiftly on to track three, Tom Says. Comes with a hazardously catchy tune that one. This is indie rock in a non-Ocean Colour Scene kind of way. Trashy guitars, yes. Lad-ism, no.Leaf are far more aesthetic than that. Next on, Wannabe's Dream, being a rather sweet affair about someone dreaming of success (bless), along with the Leaf-typical "classic" guitars and singer Boaz rather interesting vocals. Last but not least we have the neverending "Tonight For You", which is on the verge to being a lenghty ballad. No, hang on, actually it is rather lenghthy. And its intro, no offence, sounds very much influenced by Oasis' Wonderwall. Luckily, the rest of the song has little to do with the Gallagher's campfire masterpiece. Phew. Tonight For You is far more fragile, not to say sweet than Manchester Rock. And talking about its lenght, Boaz came up with a classy (bit not very inventive) excuse for that: "A last song is forced to do that, it's the law". There you go.