Black Soul Strangers - Lies

Listening through this single through my first instinct was that Black Soul Strangers sound was not too dissimilar to that of early Placebo, you know, from before Brian Molko cut his hair and played up his androgynous appearance, but that has changed the more I have listened to the single.

Listening through this single through my first instinct was that Black Soul Strangers sound was not too dissimilar to that of early Placebo, you know, from before Brian Molko cut his hair and played up his androgynous appearance, but that has changed the more I have listened to the single.

So there's no denying that Black Soul Strangers have a catchy tune on their hands, the other thing that they have is heart felt lyrics and they have these by the bucket full. Lyrically "Lies" deals with lost love through anothers deception and how the character in the song would happily be walked all over by this person all over again. Not a typical ballad to lost love then with it's up tempo, indie sounding guitars and straight forward drumming which combine to drive the song forward at a fair pace.

With all this in mind I still feel that this is a decent indie song but it feels a little lightweight in some way. I just can't put my finger on what it is that gives the song that feeling. With that said there isn't much else wrong with the song at all with it's broken melodies and sharp guitar sounds, it's a clean cut and precise song. Maybe that's part of the problem for me. Maybe it's just too clean cut.