Artist: Vicious Cabaret 
   Title: Twilight Of The Idols
   Label: Borello Red

‘Twilight of the Idols’ is the first EP from Yorkshire's finest Vicious Cabaret. Being very familiar with Steve Maloney who's previous band Johnny Zhivago played quite a few gigs in Newcastle and the surrounding area in their time and built up quite a following. This new band Vicious Cabaret is in similar in sound to JZ but seem to have more of an edge.

Whether this is as a result of the EP being produced by Simon Humphrey's who engineered The Clash's debut album, and Pat Grogan who has worked with the likes of Terrorvision and New Model Army, whatever it is, this combination certainly seems to work.

The opening track 'Drift Like Effluvia' is very up-tempo and will soon have you tapping along to its infectious beat. 'Nuremberg Defence' is in similar vain to the previous track, but the reverb vocals mid way through, combined with the brashy guitar riffs, give it a little more depth.

'Goodbye Green & Pleasant Land' brings down the tempo a little, while still retaining a punchy mid section that will keep you hooked. The final track 'Charisma Has Dug A Billion Graves' might be a mouthful of a title but to me it's the a highlight of this EP, with its punchy bass, big guitar riffs and dark vocals all go to make this the stand out track of the EP. Let's hope a full album is forth coming in the near future.

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