Quite a big Leap Of Faith...

So, Hadouken! have ‘put’ another demo ‘out’, called ‘Leap Of Faith’.

Here is what you need to know:

:: It is not their best song.
:: It is not their worst song.
:: It is a bit of a let down* in that, unlike Hadouken!’s other songs, it doesn’t make you want to paint yourself yellow and run into a wall.
:: It is basically rock music.

The best thing about the song is the ridiculously-earnest power rock chorus (which sounds like the theme tune from an eighties cartoon about heroes riding about on horses and saving people from evil mutants but then being banished from the kingdom because the mutants made it look like the heroes did something bad and the King believed them and so he sent the heroes into space and now they are trying to find a way back home while going on a series of adventures and - importantly - always doing the right thing).

The video for the song (which, unfortunately, does not follow the above treatment) is the least colourful thing Hadouken! have ever done, although there is a nice moment where some wires turn purple. Have a look:



It remains to be seen whether the band’s moody new direction (dark videos, emotional haircuts and riffs) is a permanent one, but let’s hope the album (out next year) is a bit more happy and a bit less hardcore.



*by the band’s own high standards, etc.