This Gift - Released 2008 - 4

I saw Sons and Daughters at Cambridge when they supported fellow Scots band Idlewild. It wasn't my favourite evening by any means but I was struck by the raw energy of Sons and Daughters and probably enjoyed them more than the main band. Energy is a word high on the agenda with this album - but is there anything to drag it out of the mundane.

Sadly the answer is probably no. I can't help feel that Sons and Daughters are something of an anachronism - a post punk band that have come along 20 years too late long after music has - for good or bad - moved on.

What we have is a pseudo Siouxsie and the Banshees sound. Sadly there is little variation or of interest as one song seems to move into the next to give a rather monotonous feel. I am sure they are capable of much more but there just isn't enough originality in the 40 odd minutes of this album