Jul 02 2009 4:13 pm,
Slow Club
‘Yeah, So’
(Moshi Moshi)
The extraordinary debut album from Sheffield duo Slow Club is all about longing (and not just because we’ve been longing for it to appear for the last year and a half). The rockabilly jangle pop tunes on ‘Yeah, So’ combine witty lyrics touching on heartbreak, death and despair with shiny harmonies, thundering percussion and folk guitars and the result is an album that manages to create a totally unique sense of riotous melancholy. From the doo wop beat of ‘Giving Up On Love’ to the countrified charge of ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful’, the sheer scope and charming complexity of this record is hugely impressive.
Molly Jones
