THE MEDICINES – Alone In A Room EP

Three little devils from Almere in the Netherlands, and three devilish songs.

‘Alone In A Room’ finds Vini Ferreira getting that famous Cure bass sound down pat, the vocals similarly pinched, Gene Teysse’s guitar a hazy scrawl, with the chorus almost surprised by itself, and they even have a subtle synth squall from Amber Hermsen to complete the picture.

But it isn’t all historical tributes. ‘In Uniform’ is a moody lumbering thing…