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02 Nov 2007, 6:59 pm / Almost Famous
We're back! It's been a while. The Britsound Radio show contines to go from strength to strength with a live session and interviews with many up-and-coming as well as more established British artists. So this month we have been listening to the brand new single from Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down - an infectious Who-like rocker from a band that has now entered Abbey Road to record their seventh album. Also getting plays are Kate Nash, with Mouthwash and Foundations and Newton Faulkner with All I Got, a cracking little number abounding with nifty little acoustic flourishes. We're pretty excited about Kate Nash though, she's one to watch in the future, plus her videos on YouTube are pure genius. Also well worth checking out - The Holloways and their excellent, gritty and energetic album So This Is Great Britian? The title track itself is well worth the price of the album. We can't think of an album inrecent memeory that captures the current 'spirit' of Britain's youth so effectively. If you're not in the mood for anything so lively, perhaps you should check out Richard Hawley and Dark Road taken from his new album Lady's Bridge. Comparisons to Johnny Cash aside, listening to Hawley's voice is like slowly savouring a warm cigar by an open fire.
ALBUM OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER 2007
Click here to buy Rupert Wates' Coast to Coast
Currently on the Britsound turntable is the second album from singer-songwriter Rupert Wates, Coast to Coast. Hailing from the UK, and having lived in Paris and then relocated to the US, he has notched up an impressive resume along the way. Apart from the many songwriting awards that Wates has garnered in the last two years, even more impressive are his two solo albums, the most recent of which is nothing less than a delight to listen to. At times seeming like a mixture of Nick Drake and Richard Thompson, Wates' songs are acoustic observations and stories of life in America from the perspective of a cultural outsider. These are songs crafted with care and imbued with sincerity and conviction. And The Wave Will Sing is an obvious highlight - with it's driving, looping bass leading to its anthemic calypso-chorus with vigorous acoustic guitars strumming away in accompaniment. On the final song, the piano ballad, (When I Get Over To) California, Wates sings that "One day I'll make it to California / I'm gonna walk through that open door / Maybe I'll find it isn't half the things they promised / Maybe I'll find out what I'm living for." It's at moments like this that you find yourself wishing to take that journey and that chance too. This is an album to be savoured, not rushed. Let the magic gently seep in.
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