polished and mature sound that would
take most bands of this elk two or three albums to achieve.
The Dave Allen fronted quartet who hail from just outside
Dublin possess the clarity of vocals of The Thrills (Conor
Deasy), the tingling instrumentals of the Delays and the
dash of melancholy of Snow Patrol, as well conjuring up images
of all your favourite pre 70s pop bands.
‘Worry About The Wind’ is
a neat track that will see more lighters ignited at a gig
than in smoker’s corner at workplaces around the UK
at 10.45am on a Monday morning. This track whilst being uplifting
instrumentally has mournful and worrisome lyrics at times;
“I keep on thinking about worrying
about that time;
you kept on running out, didn’t count the cost.”
The B-side ‘Out Tonight’ will
have producers chasing The Thrills out of the studio after
recording their next album saying “Excuse me sirs,
you forgot this?’, as it is a cousin of Santa Cruz
both instrumentally and in the longing and uplifting nature
of Allen’s vocals. HAL do not sound as forced as
The Thrills, but in this day age it is questionable as
to whether this trait is a plus or negative?
www.halmusic.com
David Adair
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