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Elly Roberts reviews
Source
- Cat.no: CDSOURX110
- Released: May 2005
- Rating: 10/10
Jack In A Box springs into action from the very go.
With a feel good factor of The Beach Boys and The Everly Brothers, south Londonduo Turin Brakes release their third album on the Source label. Burstingwith humable golden melodies, hopefully this 12-tracker will be a huge successfor song-smiths Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, who are rapidly becomingthe Simon and Garfunkel of the 21 century.
Taking their feet off the brakes, they carefully caress every single note andnuance with craftsmanship that sometimes defies belief. Work began in Brixtonin early 2004, as they put their 18-month touring schedule behind them andknuckled down to some serious songwriting, resulting in Jack In A Box,mixed by Mark Spike Stent at Olympic Studios London.
A direct and unpretentious collection, its ridden with their penchant gloriousand memorable ditties, which should keep the album popping up and down thecharts (a la Damien Rice) for the rest of the year. Theres plenty of materialfor singles too.
If theyre fishing for their dream, then surely itll be realised this year.
Despite the high quality single Fishing For A Dream, the first trackwould have made a greater impact, though at the moment its getting sufficientairplay on BBC Radio 2 which bodes well.
The spirit of clever pop music will never die while Turin Brakes are around.A melodic masterpiece in every way.
Weblink:Turin Brakes.com /The-Raft.com
The full list of tracks included are :
1. They Cant Buy The Sunshine
2. Red Moon
3. Forever
4. Asleep With The Fireflies
5. Fishing For A Dream
6. Road To Nowhere7. Over And Over
8. Last Clown
9. Above The Clouds
10. Building Wraps Around Me
11. Jack In A Box
12. Come And Go
Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.