There Will Be Fireworks - There Will Be Fireworks

There Will Be Fireworks seem designed for Autumn, rather than the scorching heatwave into which they release their self-titled debut album.

From their assertively-phrased moniker to the similarly-themed song titles (We Were A Roman Candle, Guising), they evoke shivers, not sunshine. Musically, they borrow heavily from peers and predecessors practicing in the nebulous field of ‘post-rock’: their dense crescendos and emotive vocals echo the Twilight Sad, the guitar lines sound borrowed from Explosions in the Sky, while the spoken-word poetry layered over Colombian Fireworks (see what I mean about the titles?) recalls numerous literary-minded acts.

Yet, while too beholden to generic conventions to astonish quite yet, they show genuine promise, and on a personal note I look forward to getting lost in the album again when the clocks go back; a chill in the air should cast these thirteen tracks in a new, exciting and ultimately more flattering light.