{"id":29491,"date":"2013-04-26T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bad-ideas-compromise\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:15:19","slug":"album-review-bad-ideas-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bad-ideas-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Bad Ideas &#8211; Compromise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tumblr_inline_mltwu4Gqrh1qztcot.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">The last decade has seen a huge rise in folk influenced punk music, which has provided some great and wonderfully crafted bands and releases. However, like every trend this tends to eventually sour and become generic and full of recycled ideas which appear to be lifeless. This is where Leeds based quartet <strong>Bad Ideas<\/strong> come in, as they identify themselves as part of the minority of band\u2019s still giving natural and fresh life to this genre of music with their debut full length.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span>\u2018Compromise\u2019<\/span><\/em><span> is a product and the result of tampering with ideas and taking cues from heart on sleeve punk bands such as The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio. Adding an element of their own making, <strong>Bad Ideas <\/strong>utilise a chemistry set of soothing gentle vocals, sincere songwriting and a beautiful steady folk influenced punk structure. Themes of self-reflection and the very personal are sung in such a heartfelt way that\u2019s hard to deny that such a musical touch pulls gently on the heartstrings.<!-- more --><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the grand scheme, what counts are the little things that come across on this record, lyrical or musical, they are delivered perfectly. Whether it\u2019s the short drum roll on<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span><em>\u2018The Way Down\u2019 <\/em><span>or the instant swing from solo acoustic to full band on <\/span><em>\u2018No Secret; I\u2019<\/em><span>, every note hits the senses wonderfully. A definitive pinnacle of this sincerity is <\/span><em>\u2018Fake Teeth\u2019<\/em><span>; consisting of a very well written guitar line that is gentle and groans ever slightly, and a lyric like \u201calready fucked by the things we have seen\u201d seriously winds your mentality into submission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Overall <strong>Bad Ideas <\/strong>constructed a very well delivered album full of honesty and integrity. Its folk ridden punk charm coupled with its soothing and reflective atmosphere is sincere to the touch and is the deal breaker to make newcomers become hooked by the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>3.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span>\u2018Compromise\u2019<\/span><\/em><span> by <strong>Bad Ideas<\/strong> is out on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> May on <strong><span>No Reason<\/span><\/strong>,<strong><span> Shield<\/span><\/strong>,<strong><span> Fond of Life <\/span><\/strong>and<strong><span> Bad Mood Records<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span>Bad Ideas<\/span><\/strong><span> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/badideasmusic?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/badideas.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badideasmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Words by Aaron Lohan (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ooran_loohan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ooran_loohan<\/a>)<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last decade has seen a huge rise in folk influenced punk music, which has provided some great and wonderfully crafted bands and releases. 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