In the British music scene things over time have become very confusing. Maybe it’s the world itself, or just the changes in these times. In the haze of rave and punk music called ‘New Rave’ there still exists the original rock bands which brought about groups like The Beatles during their ‘Hamburg’ era and The Rolling Stones ‘Richmond pub playing’ era. Pete and the Pirates are definitely not an exception to this genre of music. Their debut album ‘Little Death’ has all of the clap along harmonies and twangy guitars to please the Indie lover to his or her hearts content. 

With simple melodies and lyrics P&TP could almost prove that you don’t need the complicated knowledge of keys, scales and Chord progressions to make great songs. Their music could almost be recognized to bands like The Holloways or The Cribs. What, Pete and the pirates excel at is making tunes which once you download them, you listen to them for more than 14 times, such as their songs ‘Mr Understanding’, ‘Come on Feet’, ‘Knots’ and ‘Lost In The Woods’.  However, like all simple bands their debut album splits in sections of excellent dance about songs to acoustic songs which Simon Cowell would dub ‘Boring and Forgettable’. Even so, you shouldn’t lose faith in this bands Debut album. Having toured excessively over Europe and America, this band have a positive future ahead of them, if they learn from their mistakes of ‘Little Death’.