The Strypes are the perfect teenage moment- they have the energy, the chops and the musical skills to make this work.
Snapshot might be more successful at reassuring rock fans of a certain age that some young people find sounds three or four times older than them exciting than it is at getting kids excited about bluesy rock. Taken on its own terms, though, it's a solid debut from a band that can only benefit from more experience.
It’s bread and butter blues-rock, packed with lyrical anachronisms and clichés, but it’s done well.
The remarkable thing about The Strypes is not only are they playing the pop music of their grandparents’ generation but that they do it so convincingly.
This is the sound of a band having great fun while desperately trying to locate a real voice.
Snapshot is a record devoid of hope. A vacuum where merit and meaning die slow.
‘Snapshot’ is more derivative than what is is supposed to be an alternative to.
#43 | / | Rough Trade |