People are always looking for something new musically, and whist the sound here has hints of the San Franciscan district they took their name from, the music sounds like a collision of Sonic Youth and Fleetwood Mac. The approach and delivery is so bright and refreshing that it has the sun shining in your heart from the opening song.
The song titles leave something to be desired but rest assured, a song called ‘
The band themselves, bright young things that they are, hail from Glasgow, which feels like the UK version of New York’s Brooklyn at the moment, with a host of great bands emerging from the city.
This album is ‘Sitar Rock’: very rarely pausing for breath it’s a toe tapping delight, even in the latter stretches of the record with Moondogs, Hole in the Ground and Buffalo Trace.
The band have progressed greatly from the debut album and early live shows. Learning their craft and not afraid to experiment. Greater things will come from this outfit in the future, I am sure!
9/11
Pete
Sophomore
Everything Is Possible
2nd Hand Rose
Ta Wit Ta Woo
Freelove
Dum Dee Dum
She's So Groovy '86
Moondogs
Hole in the Ground
Love, Haight & Ashbury
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