Voxtrot – The Start of Something
It’s amazing how quickly the tide can turn for a band. When I first started this blog over two years ago, Voxtrot were a band that I was really excited about. Their first two EPs were fantastic, and they were the very definition of the music I wanted to write about. Despite this, tonight is the first time I’ve listened to Voxtrot since last year. Blogging seems to require one to be far more judgemental than a music listener should be. When I first got hold of their full length album, I was excited to hear it. One play later, I was disappointed. There ended my excitement about Voxtrot.
Overly harsh? Perhaps. I’ve tried listening to the album as a whole a couple of times since, but it still leaves me cold. The songs themselves aren’t bad. When my iPod plays me one on shuffle, I tend to enjoy it, but only in such small doses. I’m not sure whether I’m to blame or the band just peaked too early. Either way, Voxtrot do little for me at this point. Yet the song that kickstarted all of those original excited feelings, The Start of Something, is still superb. It’s just tinged with the feeling that it won’t get any better than this.
The album was slightly disappointing, but the two EP’s are so good that I can look past the disappointment of the album.
Absolutely agree with you here. I was so excited about the album after the EP’s, and it was such a great disappointment. I remember the band saying at the time that they wanted a more mature sound compared to their EP’s, but it just felt the quality of song just wasn’t there.
This song, however, is a belter and I have played it regularly since it came out. Musically and lyrically exciting, it really does put most of the album tracks to shame!
The Start of Something remains my favourite Voxtrot track. Although saying that I definitely have a soft spot for the Voxtrot/Massive Attack mashup.