Robbers On High Street: The Fatalist And Friends EP

Robbers On High Street
The Fatalist And Friends EP
Scratchie/New Line Records [2006]






Robbers On High Street make their return with this four song EP before the Holidays wetting our anticipation for their new full-length next year. The Fatalist And Friends has two new tracks from the forthcoming album and two unreleased tracks. Last year’s Tree City [2005] started to show glimpses of the Robbers leaving the post-punk scene into a more indie rock mode and The Fatalist EP continues this journey. Each track has a very indie pop feel to it plus the inclusion of Paul McCartney's "Monkberry Moon Delight" says to the listener “Don’t pigeon hole us into one genre”. This transition is not a bad move – The new songs are not a drastic change and will keep any fan of the Robbers interested plus they are quite catchy. The Fatalist EP shows an evolution of the band with less focus on the disco-punk and more focus on melodies and meticulous guitar playing. I can’t wait to hear the final project next year.

Key Tracks: "The Fatalist", "Married Young", "Monkberry Moon Delight"

Bands With Similar Fire:
The Strokes
Spoon
The Walkmen

Official Robbers On High Street Website
Robbers On High Street MySpace
Robbers On High Street Info [Wikipedia]
New Line Records
Scratchie Records

-Reviewed by Natalie Colibri