A year ago they were nothing. Relatively unknown. But just by the end of 2011, NME discovered the pop rock band, and from there they have made some great steps. Their eagerly-anticipated album, Enjoy It While It Lasts has been released this week and it is full of energetic pop music, varying from slow songs like Grey Shirt and Tie to slamming, rock beats like Chevy Thunder. For a typical indie kid, this is an album for you. Full of explosive sound and just a cool edge to it, it has to be one of the best debut albums of the year. They've already proven how great their material is with the anthem (according to Zane Lowe) that is Celestine. As well as expanding their fanbase with other releases such as What You Wanted and Never Fade Away. I'm forever hoping there is not second album syndrome with the London boys. Fantastic album anyway.
Rating: 9/10
Track By Track
True Love (For Now) 8/10
Sounds like The Killers, good opener for the album. Very powerful.
Chevy Thunder 9/10
A proper driving song. Spector showing that their best music comes from their energetic pop. Very addictive tune.
Grey Shirt and Tie 7/10
Slow song. Has an electro kind of sound to the music. Very different from the rest of the music.#
Twenty Nothing 9/10
Not as explosive as other tracks on this album, but reminds me of The Vaccines-If You Wanna. Hopefully it will be a single. Huge potential.
Friday Night, Don't Ever Let It End 7/10
Anthem of every indie teenager's weekend. There is something beautiful about this track.
Lay Low 7/10
I kind of have a hatred for ballads or what sound quite like ballads. This track is borderline ballad, but I somehow love it at the same time. We have a Love/Hate relationship.
Upset Boulevard 7/10
The chorus makes this song worthy of being listed on this album. Yet again, very like The Killers here.
No Adventure 6/10
One of the slower and weaker songs on the album. Still acceptable on this album, but I can't really get into this track.
What You Wanted 8/10
Special to me as it was the first Spector song I had heard just before New Year. A great 80s kind of sound to it, however, towards the end the track starts to lose it's touch.
Celestine 10/10
Usually some unknown track from the album is viewed as the "Track of the Album" but Celestine is an obvious choice. Good use of rock here which you can't help but sing along to.
Grim Reefer 7/10
Punch me, call me names, whatever. But the boys sound similar to Lana Del Rey here. At least for the first 2 minutes. It isn't a bad thing, showing the diversity of Spector's album.
Never Fade Away 9/10
One of my favourites. Such a great track which is why it was released on single.
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