Every Move A Picture - 'Heart = Weapon' (V2) Released 05/06/06

Disco and Punk really shouldn't go together. One is sleazy, dirty and raucous the other glamorous, graceful and stylish, the aural equivalent of Pete Doherty and Kate Moss if you like. Somehow though it works iForward Russia! and Panic! At the Disco have already set mosh-pits and dance floors alight with their aggressive floor fillers and now San Francisco's Every Move A Picture are hoping to capitalise on the illegitimate union of music's polar opposites.

'Mission Bell' tows the funk punk party line like an ambitious MP with its stabbing guitars, groovy bassline and wailing vocals over more stop start guitars. It's good but totally forgettable at the same time. Like pretty much every song you have heard in the last 12 months (Disco beat, angular guitars) its beginning to grate a bit. Next up is the single 'Signs Of Life' and it carries on in a similar vein; think We Are Scientists with a bit of Ladytron thrown in for good measure and you are getting the picture.

By this point you might be beginning to think EMAP are a one trick pony but they are far from the pigeon hole. 'Heart = Weapon' is impressive for its range of sounds and influences, electronica to metal, Glam to Pop, it's all covered here. 'Dust' is a riff filled monster whilst 'Outlaw' begins sounding like Ryan Adams 'Alive' before morphing into a sleazy disco punk ballad. Album highlight 'On The Edge Of Something Beautiful' is Every Move A Picture at their best with electronic beeping underneath a bed of spiky guitars driving the track into a speedy crescendo before a muted drum beats takes the listener by surprise.

Whilst all the different influences and sounds on this album should create diversity it actually makes EMAP sound like they are struggling to find their sound, they sound uncomfortable with everything they try. None of the songs on this album leap out of the speakers and grab the listener by the scruff of the neck, instead they wash over you reminding you of the bands they sound a bit like. Perhaps the band should be renamed Every Move Done Better Elsewhere.