Mr Blueface are an Irish three-piece who came together as a studio project in the late 90's. Getting their act together in 2002 they started gigging and working on their material. The resulting sound is a fairly slickly produced crossbreed of industrial rock and electronica with smatterings of punk. Unfortunately, although the gun is loaded, the band are firing blanks. All That's Left Is Fun is a juvenile and posturing album with pointless voice-overs which only a sluggish teenager from 1998 would find entertaining. Musical ability is undermined by the 'act' - incorporating false hushed tones (The Door, Saints) and blatant imitations of everything from The Clash to The Stone Roses. While there is evidence indicating that Mr Blueface are a half-decent live band - energetic and loud, with strong beats and some interesting female backing vocals - by the fourth song of All That's Left Is Fun many listeners' nerves will be grating cheese. If their intention was to be satiric, Mr Blueface has achieved something - as a Mick-take, it is fairly funny. However, if they are serious, the ego on display here, alongside dated material (can anyone really be this out of touch?), is pretty woeful. In fact, it's only a fart joke away from dire. Self-indulgent, but not without potential, Jonathan Yeates, Dave Gormley and Kevin Pluck, need to spend a bit less time acting like immature and uninventive Podge and Rodges and a bit more time writing decent tunes and touring before committing to anything digital - as you read they are working on a second album. Spinal Tap for the 21st Century this most certainly isn't.

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