Troubled Sleep - Wacky Past Is Now - 7

Labels: Puzzle Pieces Records
Review by: Andy Malcolm

No idea how I overlooked or missed out on this as it fits so many bills that I have that I am feeling positively rich. Four songs on this single of moody, downbeat indie rock that hints firmly at the 1990s in a similar way to Football, etc but is perhaps slightly more intricate than that band. They could share a split 10″ with them very nicely as they have plenty in common. Getting hints of things like Velocity Girl too, which I’ve picked up from a couple of newer bands lately, and I’m not complaining you know. The music sways and ponders, without meandering aimlessly. Could have done without the bit on “œThere it Go” with the whistling mind you.

Folk here have apparently also done time with End of a Year and Bridge and Tunnel which makes plenty of sense in terms of both the sound and how they have made such an accomplished start to life as a band. This is a fine single and I am hopeful that at some point there will be a killer LP that develops their sound even further.