[3/5] Manchester's Nine Black Alps wear their influences--Nirvana and Foo Fighters, mostly--on the front of their amp grills. But unlike the legion of faceless pretenders to King Cobain's throne, 9BA have a sense of urgency that should appeal both to Anglophiles and to punk scenesters who also inexplicably like Oasis. And yet, amid all their amped-up fervor, the band pull out a brisk acoustic track ("Behind Your Eyes") that utilizes the same kind of vibrancy, but with 90-percent fewer decibels. Simply put, Nine Black Alps are better than much of the stuff the British Isles--and NYC--have to offer. Once they see the world, get beaten up by the music industry, develop substance-abuse problems and get labeled as "sellouts" by nobody of great importance, they're going to be bigger than, um... the Strokes!
(INTERSCOPE/TINY EVIL) Jason Pettigrew
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