Autokat - ‘Shot’ (Akoustic Anarkhy) Released 26/02/07

Once again, Akoustic Anarkhy make a fine case in proving that anything North of Watford doesn’t necessarily equate to Oasis, madferit Gary Lagers and brown sauce.  Autokat’s ‘Shot’, is, quite simply, beautiful.  Scratchy, rasping guitars scutter over briskly determined drumming as the pulsating backdrop to their glorious fusion of the epic and the stunningly intimate.  Their shimmering shroud of atmospherics makes this more than just a take-it-and-run of Joy Division’s (albeit marked) influence, but a gloriously poignant dance/cry psychosis.  ‘Seven Years’s less abrasive meanderings is less immediate yet just as bristlingly morose with laments that “heaven is too late”.  Audaciously piquant yet graceful, Autokat turn dark introspection outward, with a stunning stab to the heart of malignantly sinister pop-noir.