Clever, catchy and beautifully crafted, drawing on 60s and 70s pop influences from Beach Boys and Zombies to glam rock, the British artist’s mischievous new LP is described as a “psychedelic portrait of repression, self-denial and introspection, with a perverted underbelly of indulgence and depravity at its core. After all, it’s the English way”. Jamie Hall’s (former guitarist and singer in Brighton trio Tigercub) follow-up to mini-album 7 Foot Tall Post-Suicidal Feel Good Blues is packed with enjoyment for the genres each song inhabits, particularly the meaty glam rock guitar on the sweaty, sexy, sighing tittle track, the swaggering strums and Spector-reverberant 60s psych of Can’t Get Rid Of You, the galloping wit of the gender-crossing themed Would You Be My Judy?, the surf-style wistful sound of Ruby, the confident panache of Moonlight, the breathy, melancholy Elliott Smith-like I Caught Feeling, the big 70s glam rock number I Hate Rock N Roll, or the delicate acoustic closer Sweet Like Sugarcane. Ten songs. Ten gems. Where the big shoes and multi-coloured shirts with frilly collars, and enjoy. Out on Blame Recordings.
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