Five O'Clock Heroes - Speak Your Language

Rating: 6
Links:
- Official Website
- Last.fm

Arguably one of the poppier records I've ever come across (my library's full of stupid ambient bullshit), Speak Your Language by British indie rockers Five O'Clock Heroes is something I've found I can't stop listening to. The album irritatingly dominates the "Recently Played" list on my last.fm account, but not without good reason. It's a guilty pleasure, really. Solid, although there are a few tracks that tend to get on my nerves. The chorus of "Alive" is bothersome so much so that I can't focus on anything I'm doing, but the almost dub-pop feel of "Don't Say Don't"s chorus seems to make everything better. The title track "Speak Your Language" is a whole lot of catchy in a good 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The lyrics are random indie cliches ("What was love that truly desire / There is nothin’ that I really want") but I guess you can't really expect anything less. The singing can be a bit much at times as well, but they're British so I guess they're allowed to get away with it. Overall, Speak Your Language is filled with attractive riffs, fetching drums and falsettos you can both chuckle at and appreciate.

Album Highlights: "Radio Lover" (catchy as fukk), "Don't Say Don't", "God & Country" (he yells and it sounds nice)