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Punkupdates.com (B):
Yep…It took them an awfully long time,
but finally Flatcat is here with a full-length album!
And to be honest….it meets my expectations perfectly.
I’m pretty sure everybody in Belgium knows Flatcat
through their realli good live performances (a.o.
Groezrock) and maybe even the “Four Lessons to
Drive” split-cd widh Reset, Belvedere and the
Brazilian band Predial….But now finally, a full-length!
The album starts really energetic with “Dodgin'
the Bullet”, a really fast punkrock anthem. Secondly,
“Beautiful in Venice” now also released
on Eye Spy recs as a 7”, and I must admit that
this is a really great song. A bit poppy, very melodic,
and catchy! Just like “Better luck Next time”
and “Hard To Play” which are all songs kinda
written from the same idea, but hell, it works just
fine!! Try not singing along!!! These are songs that
could’ve easily been written by No Use…on
their last two albums.
Coversongs you ask? YES! They do a great version of
the Decendents’ “Silly Girl”! Though
I would’ve preferred to see their Ten Foot Pole-cover
on the album..but hey, you can’t have it all!!
Now, as a musician myself I cannot overlook their
technical abilities. These dudes really master their
respective instruments really well, and that makes
it a really tight album. So, question is…are
there any songs on this album that maybe shouldn’t
have been on it? Answer is, unfortunately, to my humble
opinion, yes. Two to be exact….I just can’t
relate to “New song dedicated to you”, and
“Mr. Popular guy”. Sure, they’re not
bad, but they just don’t reach the level of the
rest of the album. Anyway, to cut this review a bit
shorter, Flatcat recorded brilliant punkrocksongs,
an album with a variety of songs, which could easily
compete with most of the American West-coastbands.
Les Allcores Zine (B):
A la première écoute, on peut se demander
si Flatcat est bien belge, car il fait du punk comme
les Californiens et, en plus, il le fait bien! Il
a beaucoup joué ces derniers mois et des hymnes
comme 'Trying Harder" ou "Hard to play"
devraient vous rappeler quelque chose... Flatcat puise
son inspiration dans toutes les grosses pointures
du genre. Pour preuve, la reprise de "Silly girl"
des Descendents et "Down on me" qui sonne
très Bad Religion. Bizarrement, le groupe est
surtout apprecié au Brésil où
il a déjà tourné deux fois. Un
succès sinon logique, en tout cas mérité,
en espérant que cet album brilland permette
à Flatcat d'être aussi connu chez lui,
histoire de faire mentir l'adage "Nul n'est prophète
dans son pays!"...
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