In this modern age of fast evolving technological development, the words 'demo tape' are usually tantamount to having a well designed, super produced, record company eye catching, full biography filled, specially design CD of which well over a hundred copies have been pressed! Is this because the band is worried that they have to hype up their image to compensate for their respectively dire sound? Well, usually yes is the answer. This is exactly what One Hour Down didn't do when they handed me their modest TDK (Virgin sells 'em for £4 for 10) demo tape, totally devoid of any kind of design at all!

This is exactly how I expect all demos that are handed to me to sound, production wise that is. It certainly has the inherent 'in the club toilets' marred sound, but not to any devastating effect upon the actual musical quality of the four-song filled tape. Unfortunately Disorder** reminds me very much of 'the get up kids' through the vocals though the arrangements are equally as developed as this band, there's a little something extra about this fast and easy medium somewhere between Hardcore and Emo that is neatly produced by the chugging guitar riffs which change to flowing melodies perfectly sequenced with the rest of the band. Usually when bands try to do this kind of mix between single guitar melodies and breaking into gigantic full-on punk paced themes they fail catastrophically. That's what's so good about One Hour Down, they use what few tools they have to great effect. You couldn't easily pass them off as just another old school punk or hardcore band, as there's more to them than that. If you were to suggest that they were just a mindless attempt at formulaic punk, you'd be missing the overtones and arrangements, along with innovative drum breaks and rhythms.