Swanton Bombs - 'Doom' review

Before the recession left the independent music industry with all the monetary prosperity of a colander for a punch bowl at a Skins party, indie commerce was often criticised for making its vesicle of potential upstarts porous upon its own accord. A slew of ciphered fruit and guff discharged into vacuous commercial gaps known as ‘landfill-indie’, and if anything is to be proven by Swanton Bombs’ new single ‘Doom’, the drabness of economical recovery is well on its way. With torpid vocals, aggressively scuffled guitar and punctuated drums, this Essex two-piece stumble with all the garage potential of Brit-pop petrol asphyxiation. Let’s just say that their B-side cover of The Strokes’ ‘New York City Cops’ ain’t so smart.