Noise and melody would not go together: one wants infernal racket and the other just a wonderful song. Noisegroepen days from the listener and forcing him amid the noise of the structure itself to return, while popmelodieën in the first place and pleasing hand in hand towards the ultimate walk.

The British Fuck Buttons clearly thinks otherwise. On his debut Street Horrrsing linking the noise and melody together. In itself that is now not so surprising, the group is definitely not the first to a marriage between the two is trying to achieve, including Sonic Youth and Mogwai (in his younger years) have been repeatedly proven that it is possible beautiful melodies to be linked to loud outbursts.

It is therefore surprising to discover that the group should not only last year gehyped was firmly based on the ep Bright Tomorrow / Little Bloody Shoulder but that such praise is extended to the debut of the group goes on the same impetus and its repetitive rhythms, distorted vocals (or rather cries) onderdompelt in groezelig sounds that cover everything with a carpet of gierende and creaking noise . And yet the album for anyone who hears the first time, meehuilen with the wolves in the forest because Horrrsing Street is a damn catchy album.

In itself, however, there is not so much to turnips: on one song after hurken numbers against all the nine minutes without being significant pace or klankwissels. Each issue has two good ideas which then hurry out and be endlessly repeated. So "Okay, Let's Talk About Magic" to reduce to a nice but not groundbreaking keyboardlijn based on a drumpatroon stutters a lot and interlaced with swelling gitaargeruis into overdrive. The occasional staccatogekrijs really makes the difference. That the song effortlessly ten minutes without gets to be annoying, half miracle.

Exactly the same can be said of the other tracks. "Bright Tomorrow" for example, departs from inexpensive dance: a bonkende drum and a few half-hearted keyboardlijnen plucked from the list afdankertjes a third of New Romantics-band, after the fourth minute of a strengthening gierende metalgitaar whose real sharpness proficient afgevijld. That there again by a variety distortionpedalen hunted spoken voice to be heard, it would be entirely to the final vuilbak instead. But again it work despite everything.

"Colours Move" has some neat oerwoudkreten in itself, but the essence of the song is a tribal drum with many ruisklanken again, what disturbed vocals and some barely out keyboardlijnen. Should it even be said that "Race You To My Bedroom - Spirit Rise" with similar elements in the battle, though the track this time a clearer metalkantje received heeftè In "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" that permanent paths lead again dromeriger to a destination. The only track a little gap jumps, is therefore "Ribs Out", even though the number recycles the tribal drums and oerwoudgeluiden of "Colours Move".

The numbers are clear and easy to sound each other mainly as variations on the same theme. The obvious conclusion would be that Street Horrrsing no more than yet another empty hype. But ultimately, all "yes but" and "not special" Notes gewikt, weighed and squashed because not relevant enough. As the only truth remains that even Fuck Buttons especially knows how noise and melody to link to an attractive outcome would be, one that, moreover, with an aura of intellectualism and artistic to the recall can go without appearing to be blase. How banal it may sound, it works, and that is, after all still the only thing that really matters.

Fuck Buttons plays on May 15 in the AB
Jurgen Boel
28 april 2008