This infectious album has echoes of late 80s/early 90s indie (think James, Inspiral Carpets) and with energetic, pounding indie dance opener ‘Letter For Annie’, this band are definitely one to watch. ‘Popsong’, the album’s first single, describes the trio’s false start at attempting to break into the industry in 2008 with debut album Shop Local.
Observational, well crafted song writing, “Sold my only pop song to a boy from EMI…for a hand shake and a lie,” (‘Popsong’), ‘gives them an everyman appeal and catchy upbeat guitar riffs abound.
Serving armed forces military get a nod in ‘Some Frontier’, an infectious song that echoes in your head long after the last beat. Facing death in ‘The Promise’, “in my Primark Shirt…they’re going to bury me”, and an atmospheric, exhausting late night drive home in final track ‘A180’, a road to Cleethorpes, the band’s seaside home town, Orphan Boy create ‘two-chord council pop’ that is well worth a listen.
Signed to Manchester independent Concrete Recordings, and already clocking in four Glasto appearances, this band are set to make their stomping ground famous for more than just donkey rides and sandy beaches.
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