After a couple of years mourning after the anouncement of McLusky's demise, I was pretty darn excited when a good friend of mine played me a song called adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood by Future Of The Left. Why would I be excited???? Well, apart from the fact that its a fucking great song, it features 2 former members of McLusky, as well as the bassist from Jarcrew. Now I'm even happier, cos I've managed to pick up their debut album, Curses, on Too Pure.
Their sound is pretty much identical to that of McLusky's, tho on some songs (including 2nd(?) single Manchasm), the put the guitar away, and replace it with some synth action, while the final track, The Contrarian, features piano, which was apparently controversial in some of the more lunk headed corners of McLusky's fan base.
As well as retaining the signature McLusky sound (punky and nasty in the best way possible), they also retain lead singer Andy Falkous's way with a nasty sarcastic lyric and some great song titles (personal fav. Real Men Hunt In Packs).
If you were a fan of McLusky, you wont be disapointed with this album, as it's all that was great about Mclusky, only better. Check their website www.futureoftheleft.com and their myspace (there is a link form their website), which is worth it alone for some very funny blog posts from Andy Falkous.
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