Drawing Boards debut album The Message is classic New York attitude and dissonance. Appropriate really as they're based in Brooklyn. Working from a template that's at least fifty years old they certainly don't rewrite the rulebook in any sense whatsoever but do churn out a set of well crafted alternative guitar workouts with kooky vocal turns that wile away the best part of an hour very nicely.
If originality is not the record's strongest point, familiarity and approachability make some amends.Opening song Queen Bee comes on like Teenage Riot making out with Union City Blue at the wrong speed. Elsewhere Yo La Tengo and Pavement could possibly sue for songwriting credits.
Ultimately it doesn't really matter if the inspirations for all this are blatantly clear. Drawing Boards do a great job and if they were playing tonight in my home town I'd go and see them like a shot. I guess the message here is, if something ain't broke, why bother to fix it? No need to go back to the drawing board this time round.
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