The five-member pop-punk ensemble Better Left Alone from Preston, UK, released their latest self-titled EP in March of this year to rave reviews. Recorded at The Outback Studios with John Mitchell (Enter Shikari, Funeral for a Friend, You Me at Six), the album is a result of six days of recording.
The high-energy album, features emotive lyrics and passionate vocals, while maintaining pulsing drum beats and guitar riffs. It’s a perfect balance of genuine delivery and catchy rhythm.
Better Left Alone sounds much like early Blink-182, combined with the honesty of Jimmy Eat World. Clearly influenced by the early pop-punk styles of the late 1990s American punk music, the band adds a heart-felt realness lacking from many modern punk bands. This eagerness is found throughout the EP, which makes it easy to play the album on repeat all afternoon.
This most recent EP will appeal to a younger crowd, looking for an energetic album with smooth vocals. One album highlight is the up-tempo song “This Road”, which displays the extensive vocal range of lead singer Eddy Robinson. The pulsing drum beat and guitar riffs make this song into an anthem of youth. “Positives” is another album gem that highlights the group’s talented instrumentation and vocals, while “We Will Never Know” was featured on BBC Introducing’s top 40 songs of the year.
Better Left Alone was formed in 2006, but the group line-up became what is seen today in early 2010. Eddy Robinson is on lead vocals, with Nick Else and Dann Walling backing him with guitars and vocals; Mik Connor is featured on drums and John Harrison is on bass. The band is currently gigging around the UK building a bigger fanbase and plans to record their next LP early in 2012.
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