Perth’s The Bank Holidays seem to enjoy a nervous kind of fun. Sharing vocals three ways and harmonising at every available opportunity, the bright and sunny major chord cheer veered into plastic cheese mode, pre-sliced for our convenience. The two biggest problems were the lack of breathing room – ...
The two best songs on Seven Seven come at the end. ‘Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising’ is a folkish ballad made buoyant by a delicate string section. The distant notes of an opera singer and a touch of piano add further colour; this is a simple song made rich by an intelligent arrangement. ‘The Long Goodbye’ ...
With the new Machine Translations album less than a fortnight away – release date is Saturday 20 October – J Walker and friends will take his wistful indie pop compositions on the road in November. Seven Seven is the follow-up to 2004’s Venus Traps Fly, and features the likes of Chris Knox, Sophie K...
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