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The Electric City
Sleeping With The Enemy

The Electric City are a great-sounding rock band, drawing on some Ibiza influences to grind in a bit of dancefloor groove. ‘Sleeping With the Enemy’ starts with a riff-fest before the vocal kicks in. There’s some great use of guitar and some gruffer vocals to come, but I’m already hooked.

With a dirty sound that can only be influenced by the more recent Muse offerings, ‘Electric City’ is a stomping anthem with a great bass line.

A little more straightforward and comparable to Bloc Party, ‘Devil in My Head’ is a dreamy rocker laced with few grunge moments. Most importantly, it has a great melody and builds layers of sound as it arcs towards the chorus.

That’s three songs, they’re all fab and it’s not necessary to pick the best one. It’s a quarter of a great album packed into a skinny case.

Watch The Electic City – ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’.

The Electric City

Written by Fenton on 8th August 2007

Steve Fenton writes in our music, words, and culture categories. He was Editor in Chief for The Mag and covered live music for DV8 Magazine and Spill Magazine. He was often found in venues throughout the UK alongside ace-photographer, Mark Holloway. Steve is also a technical writer and programmer and writes gothic fiction. Steve studied Psychology at OSC, and Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-1978 at the University of Reading.