The Rifles在《The Great Escape》当中的表现相对于第一张专辑显得更为大胆,但绝对不放肆,乐队的四名成员能够聪明地看到自己擅长哪些方面(比如复古吉他riff段落、偏向流行的曲调以及精力充沛的演唱方式),并将这些有点在这张专辑里得当地发挥,而对于不是非常拿手但又可以稍稍把玩的技巧(比如新浪潮跳舞节拍、合成器音色、类似于搞怪的吉他扭曲噪音),四个大男孩则只是在某些曲目中浅尝辄止,并不进行过分的玩弄。整张专辑呈现出一派清爽与轻松,令人非常兴奋地要去点击播放器上的重复键。The Rifles不是那种处女专辑即大红大紫的英伦独立乐队,也正因为如此,他们的这张二年级专辑做起来才没有太大的压力,而是可以很轻松地将他们在首张专辑当中为人所称赞的特点在《The Great Escape》当中放宽。这张《The Great Escape》的某些曲目像极了Kaiser Chiefs(听歌)在2007年发行的旋律极其流行的专辑《Yours Truly, Angry Mob》,但与Kaiser Chiefs的区别则在于The Rifles主唱Joel Stoker的声音更具亲和力,更符合现当代年轻人的审美标准。总之,这支有着凶煞名字(乐队名意为“来福枪”)的乐队,在09年初打出的这一枪,可谓是在上一年略显沉闷的英伦摇滚圈上空打响了。
2009 sophomore album from the British rockers. The Rifles burst onto the U.K. music scene two years ago with the rebellious and attitude laden debut, No Love Lost, an album revealing the hopes and dreams of working-class suburban drudgery. Since then, The Rifles have been catapulted up the ladder to their rightful place of music colossus. With Jan 'Stan' Kybert (Weller, Oasis, Bjork) on production duties, singer Joel Stoker, guitarist Luke Crowther, bassist Rob Pyne, and drummer Grant Marsh's spiky guitar sound has been refined to a sharp point of perfection. Features the singles 'Fall To Sorrow' and 'The Great Escape'. 679 Recordings.