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Beatsteaks | Living Targets

Good rock album. That'll have to do.
CD, Epitaph

Tekst: Martÿn ter Haar

Publicatiedatum: 07 mei 2002

Reviewing can be hard. Sometimes there's an album, and you just don't know what to say about it. Take Living Targets, the third album of Berlin quintet Beatsteaks. Though it was released by Epitaph it is not a punk album. Beatsteaks make ecclectic alternative rock, radio-friendly, but with a sharp edge. A bit like Soulwax, only somewhat less adventurous. Living Targets is not an album that won't leave your stereo for days, but you'll certainly play it once in a while. I mean, a track like Above Us has "hit" written all over it. And A-Way ain't too shabby either. Actually, all tracks are pretty good. Summer might sound a little too much like Helmet, but there's worst bands to rip off and in the rest of the material there is no Helmet influence to be found.
That's the problem with Living Targets. It's an unpredictable album filled with conventional rock, be it with a sharp edge. Sounds vague? I told you it was hard to describe. Let's put it this way: "Beatsteaks - Living Targets: good rock album." That'll have to do.