One Minute Silence
Available In All Colours (2000)

I can still remember when I first heard this album. I must have been around 12 years old or something like that and I loved it! It was so different. Obviously back then I had no idea how political this Irish band was but who cares! When I bought it, I played it with my mum in the same room and she said: “There’s no need to swear that much!”. So I guess I could advise that if you’re not a fan of harsh lyrics then don’t even bother with this one.

This band merges rap with heavy guitar riffs. I’m a fan of certain types of rap, just minus all the ‘gangster’ crap that comes with it. So to hear rock with rapping kind of excited me a bit.

This album definitely takes a few listens to fully get into it, but I’m sure after that you’ll be searching back and repeating certain parts of songs that you really like.

There are some songs on the album that kind of let the rest of the album down, which is why I’ve only given this album a rating of 4 out of 5. Despite that, it’s definitely worth listening to if you fancy something a bit different.

It’s a shame this band are no longer around (they split in 2004), however, I reckon it was probably for the best because there is obviously a limit to the number of political debates they can moan about!


+ Review by Phil

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