My Vitriol - 'Moodswings' (Infectious)
3/5
By: Thomas Hannan
You can't help but feel sorry for My Vitriol. Despite every high-quality, post-grunge tune they release, nine times out of ten they receive no end of unfair criticism in the press and nowhere near the amount of adulation from the public that they should be entitled to... And, 'Moodswings', it's a shame to say, will probably follow in the same pattern. To say that My Vitriol hadn't developed at all would be unfair. It's just that, now, instead of possessing traces of Nirvana, they somewhat mirror the Foo Fighters.
Make no mistake, their latest is a good tune - it's just that there's little in it that will excite anyone who isn't already a die-hard fan. Proving the point even further, there isn't a lot that differentiates the other half of this double A-Side, 'The Gentle Art Of Choking', from its flipside partner, the flange-effect on the guitars cropping up once more, as does the quiet-verse, loud-chorus structure, lead-singer Som Wardner, meanwhile, also proving that he can do a mean Billy Corgan impression.
It will be a tragedy if My Vitriol fade away, for this is a band with both talent and energy - obviously, assets we can never get too much of - their sound, defined as it is, just needing to take the next step forward if they're to ever reach the success their inspirations have derived (the ambition evident in the grandiose nature of these tunes shows that this isn't a band content to spend their careers just playing the Camden Monarch every Thursday night, that's for sure). Yet, whatever happens, you get the impression that My Vitriol will keep having a crack at the music-world in the same way until they break it - or it breaks them.
Artists in this article: My Vitriol
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