Communique

Communique: Walk Into the LightWalk Into the Light (2006)
Sabot Productions

Reviewer Rating: 4

Contributed by: kelly-kelly-
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Published on November 14th 2006It's hard to say why bands like Communiqué, punk rock veterans who hail from Oakland and San Francisco, can take the sounds of yesterday and present to make something fresh, while others like the Killers just sound like they lifted all the rhythm from a genre and, to avoid being nabbed for copyright.

It's hard to say why bands like Communiqué, punk rock veterans who hail from Oakland and San Francisco, can take the sounds of yesterday and present to make something fresh, while others like the Killers just sound like they lifted all the rhythm from a genre and, to avoid being nabbed for copyright violations, change their look with every single. Let's say talent plays a role.

Communiqué's latest EP, Walk Into the Light is five tracks of moody, keyboard-heavy rock reminiscent of better new wave acts and audio brethren to more current groups like Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand.

Songs like "The Sad Valentine" and "Wake Up Wake Up" will make you want to dance and cry at the same time, while a bro-down like "Got Your Number" will leave the girls crushing and the boys nodding heads aggressively.

The only drawback here is that the EP isn't longer, but this serves as a fitting holdover until a full-length comes, as the band promises a Spring 2007 release for it.

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Anonymous (November 15, 2006)

Extremely catchy but not terribly original.

Anonymous (November 15, 2006)

american steel was better. saw these guys at a fest..they were lame.

Anonymous (November 14, 2006)

Rogues March was such an amazing cd. Then the next cd came out and it was soo diferent. It totally lost the whole "dirty" or "gritty" sound, but then it really really grew on me. American Steel was badass. I wish I could of seen them live.

baseball (November 14, 2006)

i dunno...can't get into it

Dante3000 (November 14, 2006)

Psh..Women can write reviews. I mean, who's going to cook and clean? However, I'm amazed a tiny female brain could grasp how to type and submit a review.
-Dante
P.S. My girlfriend would kill me if I ever said that to her, like literally...in my sleep.

pinkerton (November 14, 2006)

score is for the american steel song with the chorus "better off dead".

was it latchkey kids? i forgot.

Cos (November 14, 2006)

American Steel was so very underrated...

danperrone (November 14, 2006)

more like rvgay

sickboi (November 14, 2006)

Short, sweet and accurate! Welcome Kelly! (RVA represent)