Don’t Dance Rattlesnake is the debut album from American band The Films.
The group are a four-piece rock band, and have already toured with the Kooks throughout Europe.
Their music is brash and confident, and lead singer Michael Trent’s voice is quite reminiscent of the Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill.
However, don’t be fooled into thinking that The Films will follow in the Kings of Leon’s footsteps, because on the whole it’s a rather uninspiring opener.
The main problem is that The Films aren’t really doing anything new with this album. There are big basslines and massive guitar riffs, but it’s all been done before. There’s nothing fresh here to excite fans of the rock genre, especially not the lyrics that are basic to say the least.
Most of the songs on the album are fast-paced and full of energy, but there’s such a difference between these and the two slower songs on the album that the slower numbers feel as out of place as a clean person at Glastonbury.
Jealousy and Bodybag seem to have been placed on the album to show that The Films aren’t just about thrashing guitars and jumping around, but the effect is that there are two dull and lifeless songs punctuating an otherwise energetic album.
The formula works well on the earlier songs on the album though. Opener A Good Day and the single Belt Loops are served up as the first two tracks; tunes which will get your feet tapping. Unfortunately though they’re the high point of an album that suggests The Films could well be one-trick ponies.
