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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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My Latest Novel, a Scottish five piece, have been compared to The Arcade Fire and as always seems to be the case with Scottish bands Belle and Sebastian. The Arcade Fire comparisons are slightly baffling. They are expansive, volatile. mercurial, an explosive burst of alchemy induced clatter with an innervated pop core. They speak of huge expanses and wide screen horizons where as My Latest Novel are more about insularity their body language is as closed as TAF is open . My Latest Novel is music for bedrooms with the curtains closed, which is where the bands name could have come from, after all where do you write?
If all this genre bending gives the impression that this band are weedy solipsists then nothing could be further from the truth. While their music could occasionally be classified a twee, “Wolves” taken as a whole is a very fine debut. Using brittle melodious guitars, baroque strings, startling percussion breaks and alternating between the lead vocals of Chris Deveney and the hushed female backing there are a handful of songs on “Wolves” that confirm an intricate pop asthetic is at work within this band.
Their debut single “Sister Sneaker, Sister Soul” is a quavering love song which reaches it’s apex with an engorged instrumental bridge to a dulcet chorus. “The Job Mr Kurtz Done” skips between spoken word and a chorus that swoops like a kite on a windy day while last single “The Reputation Of Ross Francis” is just a terrific insidious folk- pop gem. By way of contrast “Learning Of Lego” sounds like the hordes of the un-dead were hammering at the studio (or should that be bedroom?) door.
Having compared one band to Belle And Sebastian in an Amazon review ( Camera Obscura) and received some stick for it I am loathe to repeat , which is good and dandy because I can also report that My Latest Novel are not exactly in thrall to them either. They have their own, more brackish identity, away from the buffed up artifice of the Caledonian glitterati. “Wolves” is a highly promising debut that deserves to be a best seller.
If all this genre bending gives the impression that this band are weedy solipsists then nothing could be further from the truth. While their music could occasionally be classified a twee, “Wolves” taken as a whole is a very fine debut. Using brittle melodious guitars, baroque strings, startling percussion breaks and alternating between the lead vocals of Chris Deveney and the hushed female backing there are a handful of songs on “Wolves” that confirm an intricate pop asthetic is at work within this band.
Their debut single “Sister Sneaker, Sister Soul” is a quavering love song which reaches it’s apex with an engorged instrumental bridge to a dulcet chorus. “The Job Mr Kurtz Done” skips between spoken word and a chorus that swoops like a kite on a windy day while last single “The Reputation Of Ross Francis” is just a terrific insidious folk- pop gem. By way of contrast “Learning Of Lego” sounds like the hordes of the un-dead were hammering at the studio (or should that be bedroom?) door.
Having compared one band to Belle And Sebastian in an Amazon review ( Camera Obscura) and received some stick for it I am loathe to repeat , which is good and dandy because I can also report that My Latest Novel are not exactly in thrall to them either. They have their own, more brackish identity, away from the buffed up artifice of the Caledonian glitterati. “Wolves” is a highly promising debut that deserves to be a best seller.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Saw then supporting Low last night in Brighton....Hadn't heard of them before....Thought they were great....bought the album at the stall at the gig....been listening to it all day....it's FABULOUS.
Like a cross between Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Low, The Decemberists, The Delgados (and I'm sure loads of other great people I can't think of) if you can imagine such a thing.
Like a cross between Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Low, The Decemberists, The Delgados (and I'm sure loads of other great people I can't think of) if you can imagine such a thing.
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This album came as a recommendation from amazon. So, I had one of those brief listens and decided to give it a go. It was more than reasonably priced and it's always good to put money in the coffers of less established bands. I have to say though, that on my first listen I found this to be overwrought and pretentious. It's hard to critisise someone for trying to be ambitious but it seems forced. I really don't get the arcade fire comparisons either. I listened to it again and again hoping that something would click but it didn't. I'm not saying don't try it because judging from the other reviews, this album has been well received elsewhere. It's just not for me.
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I saw this band when I went to see the Pixies. I have been entranced by there music every since. Charming words and merging melodies I don't know how else to describe them buy the... Read more
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Usually when I get a new album I just listen to the first song and then listen to the rest whenever I feel like it. To be perfectly honest, I was not that impressed at first. Read more
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