This is Martin Carr, once of the Boo Radleys ladies and gentlemen, and seeing as this guy has done a hell of a lot since then (Brave Captain primarily) and The Boo Radleys themselves recorded six long players in about eight years, I can see I have mucho catching up to do. My own expertise begins and ends with the adorable Every Heaven EP and a very noisy gig in a dingy university bar with Rollerskate Skinny. Kevin Shields’ brother Jimi was in that band, and their Shoulder Voices is a bit of a lost classic but I digress.
Santa Fe Skyway comes across as classic songwriting. It has soaring, gilded melodies, plenty of gloss and instrumentation and even a bit of ambiguity and nonchalance. It actually reminds me of primetime Boo Radleys although this is a different singer. You know, like when they seemed to go all Beatles overnight and you wondered where the hell it came from and then you found out they were from the same neck of the woods.
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I am sure Martin has a loyal fan base who will hear this and go out and buy the album. I am not sure it would have the same effect on me but it has certainly piqued my curiosity.
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