Run Run Run - Drizzle [EP] (CD)

All Music Guide

Shoegaze proved tougher to kill than its many detractors believed. In the last couple of years bands have been popping up all over that are clearly in the tradition of the shoegaze sound. Some of these bands, like Manitoba, have taken the sound as a starting point and created innovative, exciting music. Most have not. Run Run Run is one of these underachievers. Their debut EP, Drizzle, is like a shoegaze karaoke disc. Each track is a blatant steal of one of the originators of the style. Drizzle is like late period Ride crossed with Spiritualized, Song and Dance is like Moose crossed with the Catherine Wheel, Skyscraper is Swervedriver mixed with Ride again with some very clichéd lyrics, 2 A.M. is the Smashing Pumpkins crossed with Zwan, All of a Sudden is Spiritualized crossed with Ride again. Referencing all these bands might be okay if Run Run Run exhibited even an ounce of originality or a spark of life. As it is, their weak vocals, cookie cutter guitars and boring songs mean that t...he disc is about as unpleasant and uninviting as the weather condition it is named after. [Initial pressings of the EP come with a bonus disc featuring the video for Skyscraper]. - Tim Sendra, All Music Guide Read more Less