“It’s way too early to tell where this is going. I have so many stems of Becoming Real, so I don’t know how it’s going to evolve.”
READ MOREPop round to this trio’s house and you’d probably find faded trunks filled with ripped Hendrix and Zeppelin outfits.
With a band boasting seven live members you by rights expect to experience something above the norm. Sadly, tonight Midlake offers nothing but the norm.
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Jaill
That's How We Burn
[Sub Pop]7/10 |
Sub Pop’s reign over the soundtrack to the summer continues with their newest release from Jaill, which is another pop-tinted outing. The album radiates a youthfulness that borders on naivety, but the outcome is a charming rather than oafish offering. The guitars shift between the surf-tinged jangle reminiscent of Link Wray to more straight up, staple playing. The swing in the guitars themselves (perhaps an accurate embodiment of the album) represents the changes in tempo, the ups and downs and the highs and lows of the record. The peaks make the album feel like it’s inundated with seamless guitar-pop gems, in which the playing feels fresh and inventive. However, the lows make it feel like it borders on the banal at times, treading water in muddy territory and covering old ground.
By Daniel Dylan Wray
Wavves / Cerebral Ballzy / 2:54 / The Vaselines / Disclosure / Toro Y Moi / Offset /Oya Festival / Melt!
This week we’ve been listening to Blue On Blue [pictured], Nick Garrie, Paper Crows, Let’s Wrestle and Warpaint.
LISTEN HEREGorillaz’ Glastonbury set was only disappointing to the deluded, says Danny Canter.
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