The bravery are one of the many bands circulating the narrow minded writers of NME and Radio 1 DJ's. The bravery were mostly a newbie band lurking in the back of my mind stuck in the cobwebs perhaps that's where I should have left them although the opening track of this song made me change my mind slightly. Until some one of my mates at Uni. put 'An honest mistake' on the halls bar jukebox one night together with New Orders 'Blue Monday' anthem was a funny coincidence because I couldn't tell them apart to begin with and it later transpired that the opening drum beat from New Order had been ripped off and stuck onto a Bravery song. Although slightly fuming I gave the song a chance and boy I was glad I did 'An honest mistake' is seriously addictive, everytime I entered the bar I slapped it onto the jukebox. Ironic how at the same time I was really getting into New Order and Joy Division perhaps this band played a minor role in that craze.

Soon after it was becoming evident that the bravery were New York's next big thing the infamous Killers Vs Bravery feud kicked off in a messy fashion. Basically killers frontman Brandon Flowers heavily criticised the band at the NME awards causing the bravery to retaliate. A series of hilarious jabs were sent Brandon's way from various interviews with the band quoting 'It's like hitting a girl the guy's so boring he has minimal personality', 'If you've seen them live you'll know, their like wax figures on stage, they're incredibly boring'. Brandon Flowers later said that the bravery were just riding on the back of the killers success with the band claiming they released their debut without any knowledge of who the killers were, the feud went pear shaped when it became evident that both bands were signed to the same record company.

Adopting a more cutting edge to their sound the bravery don't sound too much different to the killers and it's practically impossible to distinguish their sound. The Electro-pop is much more exciting with the bravery but with both albums only producing half of the albums as great tunes and the rest as tired fillers i strongly hope that the bravery slaughter the killers in both bands second album productions. The bravery make good use of their musical influences to produce some superb tunes, the drumming is exceptionally good and the synthesisers keep an exciting crisp flow to each song and the guitars tone breaks the sound barrier to produce a fine album.

2) No Brakes - A terrific bass line is the first sound you here with the second track. Although the tempo is consistently average and samey the drive of the chorus is top notch coupled with the synth it's just a damn shame the drive leads to nowhere really.

4) Tyrant - Is a great tune but most importantly the opening minute of the song is stunning it has a melody comparable with the Bloodhound Gangs 'Discovery Channel' it's flow is musical perfection. Another reason I love it well ORGANS a great emergence of all sorts of wonderful sounds mix together and are driven by a phenomenal synthesiser. Sam's vocals are really stunning because they speak to the music, I feel he's listening to the drive and the melody of the tune and enters the song and basically makes it up as he goes along with the music inspiring him.

6) Swollen Summer - A chance for Michael Zakarin to show off his guitar skills mostly. This is the point where the album really deteriates in style, the originality is horribly unoriginal and the songs a real mess with a 'yeah yeah' botched up attempt at a rock song. Not as bad as the torrid 'Public Service announcement' but still consistently poor. With the exception of 'Unconditional' the rest of the album could easily be binned and should be ignored. Granted that the chorus is pretty good and the synthesiser although slightly botched creating a good melody. The beginning of the end of this album.