At a glance, the cover art of this Los Angeles duo's debut record, gives the impression that you're getting yourself into some awful Saliva/ Puddle Of Mudd sort of dreck - for better or worse this is not the case. As it turns out, She Wants Revenge is yet just another 80's Goth/New Wave rehash band whose integrity seems more than a bit suspect. Just as I had my suspicions that The Bravery were doing nothing more than cashing in on the success of The Killers, I have major reservations about a couple of former DJ's all the sudden putting their decks in a storage unit and starting a band that sounds exactly like Interpol. Granted, I'll give you that The Killers and Interpol are anything but original. I mean really, would The Killers have gotten anywhere without Duran Duran, U2 and The Smiths? Same goes for Interpol using Joy Division as a stepping stone.

Then again, at least The Killers and Interpol were doing their thing when nobody else could have given a shit. When these two bands proved that there was money to be made up in them dark hills, that's when all the real phonies pull up in the bandwagon. I mean give me a break! She Wants Revenge's lead singer Justin Warfield first popped up in the music world rapping on Placebo's "Spite & Malice" off their Black Market Music record. That's quite a dramatic epiphony to all of the sudden realize your true calling is to sound like a Paul Banks or Ian Curtis knock off? C'mon! I was born at night, but I wasn't born last night.

We could beat musical ethics into the ground all day, but the only question that needs to be addressed is whether or not the album is worth your precious dollar? Well, at least a few of the songs are, which is more than I can say about that dreadful Bravery record. Album opener "Red Flags And Long Nights" is a catchy little Goth number that certainly wouldn't sound out of place next to early Joy Division recordings, same goes for "Sister" but its explosive chorus would be more at home on an Interpol release.

She Wants Revenge avoids the one trick pony label by pulling a few different things out of the influence bag besides Joy Division and Interpol. David Bowie with Cure type synths are well on display on "Broken Promises For Broken Hearts." But the best track by far is the ferocious first single "Tear You Apart" which takes its sharp guitar cues straight from Daniel Ash's Bauhaus era handbook.

She Wants Revenge certainly isn't going to take home any medals for innovation or originality, but on a few occasions this debut album can be somewhat entertaining; especially if you're a diehard Goth-head looking for something new to rattle your earrings.