Kill The Lights — Buffalo Of Love

Buffalo Of Love

Maple/Universal

Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack)

03/20/2007 7:49pm

There's something oddly familiar about the sounds put forth by Montreal's Kill The Lights. Closely approximating the music played and produced by fellow Canuck rockers The Diableros, The Dears and Pilot Speed, KTL use a vaguely British sensibility mixed with longing vocals to create decent but not entirely original music. On Buffalo Of Love, you really have to look no further than vocalist Alex Hackett for proof of this. He croons and emotes the hell out of his lyrics and, while a decent enough singer, the drama is a bit tough to stomach at times. In terms of the musicianship, it's sturdy on a number of levels, especially for those predisposed to dramatic indie guitar wankery. Lots of well-planned dynamics are at work here, and while "Arctic, At Dawn" and "Bombs" might sound a bit too self-important for some, the tunes are short enough that they don't entirely collapse beneath the weight of their considerable ambitions.

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