To Catch A Thief are a young Scottish band who are probably best described as emo-core or whatever the sub-genres of pop-punk bands are these days. This cheerfully titled EP is their second and shows a band who are tight and together with great playing and a nice line in vocal harmonies. Unfortunately they lack much in the way of originality. The songs aren’t particularly memorable and they sound just like every other emo type band clogging up the airwaves these days.  

The best track of the five here is the jolly “We Are The Cancer” which has a nice hook and a good chorus but it could be just any band playing it from any country. If you come from Scotland why sound like you come from the American mid-west? They do like their dark subject matter but is that enough to stand out from the rest? I think not. There is definite promise here but either the emo kids of the world have an insatiable appetite for any band who can play this stuff or they’ll have to have a rethink of what they’re really about down the road.