Apols for calling this ‘New EP’, I did a search and couldn’t find out what the band plan to call it. Anyway, this is the band’s forthcoming new EP on LAB and it shits on everything that label has put out previously from a great height. And that’s no offence to LAB, it’s just a compliment as to how good this record is. The Auteur impressed me no end 16 or 17 months ago with their self-titled EP and if I wasn’t in the process of winding up my own label there’s no doubt I would have been interested in working with them. But whereas most bands seem to rest on their laurels and are happy to tour the toilet circuit, The Auteur have crafted their songwriting machine and come back with a stunning EP that’s as good as any of the other UK bands around right now – for me Tonight Is Goodbye are probably at the top of the pop-punk tree and this record just about equals their last release. Those in the know will also tell you the next Not Advised EP could well overtake both those bands…
Anyway, The Auteur remind me of The Riverclub if they ditched the synth. They have clean, choppy guitar riffs and a really, really catchy vocal which will have you singing along very quickly indeed. The band know how to write choruses and this record is full of them. ‘Hey! Watch This…’ is a huge, huge song. The ‘da da das’ two-thirds of the way through are inspired and, weirdly, remind me of Blink 182 circa ‘Enema of the State’. ‘You’re A Friday Night’ also has a massive chorus and will again have you singing along in no time.
What I like most about this band is that they’re totally no frills – there’s no excess here, just five very, very good pop-punk songs. Each song will make you singalong, each song has been nailed to get maximum impact. As far as summer pop-punk records go, there will have to be something special from either side of the pond to top this one.