'Towards Light' Album Review - White Noise Revisited

I was more than pleased to get my hands on the latest recordings from The Nightjars, a band I tipped for greatness earlier on this year. Unfortunately, I got the CD stuck in the old mini-hi-fi system I have in my bedroom and ended up having to take the fucking thing apart in order to get it out! I'm glad I did, because the seven-track mini-album 'Towards Light' finds them starting to fulfil the early potential I heard in last years single 'Cease To Exist' and a series of demos the band kindly shared with me.

Produced by the mighty Kramer of Shimmy Disc fame (an inspired choice), 'Towards Light' is a tight, accomplished set of melodic, incendiary post-punk guitar music. The mighty 'MDMA' shows off the lyrical talents of bass player / singer Ollie Wright with its stream-of-consciousness loved-up drug babble, while 'No Kicks' is two-minutes of impassioned guitar pop in the best traditions of the city, with Wright's vocal underpinned by his meandering bassline and spiky guitars.

I know a few critics have complained that the songs featured on 'Towards Light' have been knocking around for a while now, but there will be plenty of people out there who haven't heard these songs and they do deserve a wider audience. Plus, Kramer's exemplary production skills add a final flourish to the whole package, ensuring interest outside of the band's tight circle of fans. I hear they are an awesome proposition live (I still haven't seen them – please play London soon!). They are just starting out and there is enough promise to suggest even better things from their debut full-lengther.

'Towards Light' was released by Reveal Records earlier on in November.