Look See Proof - Do You Think It's Right (Weekender)
UK release date: 24 March 2008
Look See Proof have pieced together a sleek video for their similarly sleek single release Do You Think It's Right.They don red kerchiefs and cutesy animal masks while playing an altered version of the board game Guess Who. But what they don't don is a sense of purpose.
Do You Think It's Right flashes by with a busy drumbeat and sharp guitars but without much substance. For instance, a tired chorus results in a repetition of "I don't wanna, don't wanna, don't want to", giving the impression that singer Lee Sells ascribes more to the whiny, pouty school of rock (Dashboard Confessional) rather than the aggressive, take-charge division (At The Drive-In).
Everything is just a bit too prim and proper. If Look See Proof are looking to Bloc Party for inspiration, then Sells should be gruffer in his vocal delivery and drummer Jonny Harry should be more frantic in his patterns. As it is, the track is too polished to give off any sort of energy.
An uninspired instrumental bridge opens into a final chorus and ending section, but when Sells reaches the final repeated phrase - "when you have to fight" - it feels like he's already given up. It's a lackadaisical ending to a song lacking motivation.
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