The eighth LP from Sunderland brothers Peter and David Brewis brings together a wealth influences and accessibility, cleverly marrying pop, funk and postpunk with echoes of the Beatles, XTC and Todd Rundgren. Each listen brings greater appreciation of their craft and unconventional vocal styles, with the shimmering sounds of opener Orion From The Street, the lovely, easy rock-pop of Do Me A Favour, a taste of ethereal Talk Talk vocals on Not When You’re In Love, a classic 70s-style George Harrison soft rock on No Pressure (the video is presented as a tongue-in-cheek breakdown of the song), and a dash of prog as well as XTC on Out Of The Frame. When You Last Heard From Linda, with its matter-of-fact daily life lyrics and cello part has a Beatles Penny Lane field, with a beautiful, wistful quality, dreamy flute on In This City before a rhythmic postpunk guitar sound which continues into I’m The One Who Wants To Be With You, all the way to clever arrhythmic vocals and beats on You Get Better. And so do they - with an excellent body of work. Out on Memphis Industries.
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