It would be easy (and damn right lazy) for me to call Manchester's The Whip a New Order clone but this was my first impression when hearing Frustration. It sounds so much like the Salford lads circa Power, Corruption & Lies it's uncanny. Then again it's better than making a track which sounds like their Republic period!
However once you get over the initial shock or surprise, depending on your point of view, Frustration is one killer single. With it's gruff vocals and dark electronic beats it's an ode to all what Manchester has stood for and achieved musically for the past 25 years.
Sadly the remix by fellow Mancunians Performance is a letdown and wanders off aimlessley without any style or substance (no "New Order" pun intended).
The Whip are Bruce Carter and Danny Saville who used to be in Nylon Pylon. Frustration will be released as a limited 7" single on Kids on 13th February 2006.
The Whip - Frustration
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