‘Theories of Dr. Lovelock’ is a collection of very catchy rock songs from The Chemists and considering it’s their debut album it is rather impressive. Actor Richard E Grant immediately captures your attention when opening the album with his ominous vocals, and The Chemists quite successfully keep a hold of it throughout the CD.
Their single ‘Milk and Honey’ seduces the ear into a false sense of security, giving the impression that this is just another typical rock album, all show and no substance. But by the time you reach ‘Radio Booth’ this theory has very nicely been blown out of the water. It’s not all about showcasing their talent with in your face guitar riffs or impressive vocals that don’t really mean anything, sure that’s a part of it, but there appears to be more depth to it. Okay so the concepts of some of the songs are a bit obscure, like a super model being good at wearing clothes but nothing else, but what’s more intriguing than the slightly whacky?
There isn’t the sense that they have taken themselves too seriously in fact it all seems to be rather light hearted. It’s this attitude that comes across in the last track of the album ‘Toxic’. Recognise the title? Yeah, on their debut album, The Chemists took the risk of giving the Britney hit a rock makeover. Just like the rest of the CD it’s a catchy track but it fails to have the same impact that the original did.
It is a comfortable debut and the potential it exudes promises the listener that there will be more music of the same calibre form this band.
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