The Lost Prophets have been going for a while now. After the boom of Thefakesoundofprogress in 2000 the Prophets continued to impress a now faithful following with Start Something and again with Liberation Transmission. With both albums adding to the bands popularity and fan base, the group have grown and grown to the stage that sell out crowds have packed festivals to see them.
And so in 2009/2010 the groups latest offering, The Betrayed, appears before us. The album opens with “If It Wasn’t for Hate, We’d Be Dead by Now” which to my ear had some thicker guitar and tones than I expected from the Prophets and opened the album well, with some nice rhythm. Leading directly into “Dstryr/Dstryr”, the albums second track, the direction stays the same but the style dramatically changes with some hints of Rage Against the Machine. “It’s Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here” was released from the album and is a good solid Prophets number.
The album has many different elements with some more punky tracks, “Streets of Nowhere” being a good example as well as some of the softer more touching Prophets that we are used to seeing on the albums released by the group.
Overall the latest offering from the Lost Prophets is another good album. With elements that existing fans will find familiar as well as some new sounds that may take them down a slightly heavier road, the album overall has a good flow.
Whilst there’s nothing massively new here, this isn’t simply Prophets-by-numbers and is definitely worth a listen for both existing fans and none-Prophet listeners alike.
CosmicMeltdown says:
My Highlights:
It’s Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here
Dstryr/Dstryr
Dirty Little Heart
Next Stop, Atro City
