Originally written by Mike Diver · 3 December 2007
HIM
Bleed Well
Label: Sire Release Date: 03/12/2007
Someone’s pissed in Alice In Chains’ tea, ‘cause Layne sounds a little off… What? HIM? Who?
Finnish rock titans HIM are A Serious Big Deal amongst temporarily disaffected teens with a penchant for eye make-up and loitering on library steps, bemoaning the ‘chav’ population of their shitty satellite town. To everyone else, in the world, save that one off Jackass: they’re Another Rock Band Playing Big Riffs Without Any Substance. ‘Bleed Well’ is one long chorus, broken only by a truly silly – and therefore a little bit good, actually – guitar solo.
I miss Alice In Chains. A bit. I mean, Dirt was pretty mint, right? Makes this lot sound like the Backstreet Boys, anyway.
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