aaamusic | On 14, May 2012

There’s not much to say about I Look Good On You by The Wild Eyes. It’s a very generic and simplistic quasi-punk guitar rock number – which sounds like the sort of song you write after you’ve just started learning the guitar and are overly excited about being able to make so much noise. It has youthful vigour, but no musical intricacy or imagination. Peculiarly, the B-side Too Much is better, featuring a more diverse and imaginative sound, and harmonies that are more vivid and distinctive. Why go with the clichéd first track as the single? It probably goes down well at gigs thanks to its thrashy sound, but there’s little to recommend it beyond the energy invoked.

★★★★★

Rupert Uzzell