Is it my ears or does everything sound like 1985 again? With a crooning vocal and chiming guitar bathed in a wash of reverb – not to mention a bright, dominant snare sound – ‘Love Potion’ sounds like an amalgamation of Lloyd Cole, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Echo & The Bunnymen. It gets my vote because of this, not in spite of it, and most importantly, it’s a cracking tune.
(Virtual) flipside ‘Mockingbirds’ takes a gloom-laden swipe at celebrity culture. It’s more introspective in execution, taking a turn into dark, gothy territory around the mid-point before blossoming into a surging rush of a tune at the close.
Very much one to file in the ‘promising new band’ pile.
Is it my ears or does everything sound like 1985 again? With a crooning vocal and chiming guitar bathed in a wash of reverb – not to mention a bright, dominant snare sound – ‘Love Potion’ sounds like an amalgamation of Lloyd Cole, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Echo & The Bunnymen. It gets my vote because of this, not in spite of it, and most importantly, it’s a cracking tune.
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(Virtual) flipside ‘Mockingbirds’ takes a gloom-laden swipe at celebrity culture. It’s more introspective in execution, taking a turn into dark, gothy territory around the mid-point before blossoming into a surging rush of a tune at the close.
Very much one to file in the ‘promising new band’ pile.
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