Having witnessed New York/London based rockers The Killing Floor on their recent UK tour supporting Jesse Malin; I was suitably impressed by the four piece to pick up a copy of this Limited Edition Four Track Tour EP, which was only available on that tour.

Should I be reviewing it when you can't buy it?  Well of course, fuck convention this is Uber Rock after all.

Built around the arena rock guitar histrionics of brothers Marc and Oliver Alberici, tracks such as 'Temptation' and  'Shout' are custom made for mass appeal, especially when the band's meaty vocal hooks start to get under your flesh.  'Leap To Safety' and 'Stealing Prayers' meanwhile take the anthemic formula of the pervious tracks and twist them with a nihilistic simplicity.  Vocalist/bassist Marco Argiro sounding a dead ringer for Stephen Dewaele on the haunting 'Stealing Prayers', whilst his understated throbbing bass mixed with drummer Chris Bunatta's dry snare makes 'Leap To Safety' the perfect antidote for anyone experiencing Foo Fighters withdrawal symptoms right now.

But this really isn't about The Killing Floor trying to sound like anyone else, because just when you think you have them nailed they go and do exactly what you think they won't do. Not unlike maybe another former Jesse Malin UK Tour support, the highly underrated Whitelight Motorcade.  Not necessarily sound wise, but definitely in attitude.

From what I've read on The Killing Floor's Myspace page I can only assume that tracks I'm previewing here are actually demos for the band's debut album due later in the year. Well on the strength of their scintillating live shows and this glimpse of greatness in the making, I'll most certainly be looking forward to hearing a copy of the finished article when it is released. 

Now all we need is for a promoter with a bit of nouse to put The Killing Floor on a co headline tour with the equally hip Lost Souls Club, playing every toilet there is to play, and we'll an Uber Rock approved musical revolution on our hands.

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