A short, sharp, punchy Casio keyboard-driven, full frontal attack on the senses that mixes a passion of punk with 80`s pop. But that`s enough about the music of Helen Love, what about Matt and Kim

I`m guessing that they were aiming for something similar to the above, but I`m not sure they entirely get there. It`s better than some who are trying similar things at the moment, however. A couple of listens to this (incredibly short) album makes me realise that they’ve got enough punch and wailing to take on others who cover the same area. All those bands like To My Boy and the like who rise briefly and then disappear into the ether almost as quickly. The type of group that give up after they realise that nobody is listening, only to be rediscovered a quarter of a century later to feature as a couple of paragraphs of a book determined to revitalise a movement that time forgot. Forums of the future will mention them in passing them with comments ranging from "Who?" to "Come on! They should have been huge! Better than the garbage who rip them off today."

But until then they will have to live in the now, and at the moment all I can say is they are alright. Nothing special. I can see them getting a small but loyal following. Your own view of them will depend upon your love of melody (not a huge amount), rabble rousing, shouting (surprisingly more than anticipated), synths and (regulation American standard) shoddy drums (low-fi, eager) and early Depeche Mode. The latter I mention as `Don`t Slow Down` sounds very much like a one note version of `I Just Can`t Get Enough`.

Dean Coster (View Original Article)