Still Dying Magazine Reviews The Duel’s Childish Behavior

THE DUEL “Childish Behavior”

By Mark @

Highly anticipated and long overdue album from one of the UK’s leading female-fronted punk bands that certainly lives up to all expectations and was definitely worth the wait. The Duel are back with this self-financed DIY album that despite being lower budget sounds a lot more complex than their previous album and is a lot more experimental with keyboards and more guitars. It also sounds a lot more poppy and new wave than straight out in-your-face punk, although still being very much old-school punk influenced. The Duel have certainly grown as a band over the last couple of years and have musically come a long way with this album. Tara’s voice is as gritty and edgy as ever and is full of confidence and attitude. Both the time and the effort that The Duel have put into this album is clearly evident as every track is delivered with energy and passion. The album also comes complete with a free bonus disc featuring acoustic tracks and a host of other stuff including an excellent cover of David Bowie’s ‘Ashes To Ashes’. This is an excellent album and The Duel have certainly shown off their songwriting skills, and with twenty-five tracks on two CD’s it is also excellent value for money. You just cant’ buy the sincerity that The Duel show on this album and the tracks are as honest as the day is long. Very catchy and very infectious, The Duel have a real winner on their hands with this very well written album.