The Leads have been hovering around the parapet of will-they-won’t-they-make-it for some time now, despite still being in the fresh faced stage of their music career. With the launch of their EP ‘Becher’s Brook: A Runner’s Guide’ they are saddling up for the starters orders and the grafting band have proved all that gigging has honed their sound and style to a thoroughbred pedigree level.
The EP – named after a notorious fence jumped during the Grand National at Aintree – kicks off with ‘Another Day’. Lead singer David Brown’s strong Scottish brogue gives the band a unique identity on the opening track which picks up the mantle of where The View have temporarily left off, with upbeat, jangly, catchy guitar licks and (always a winner) a sing-a-long ‘oohhh oohh oh oh oh ooohhh’ chorus. Track Grand National is on the same melodic track, hooking you in from the first jump galloping to the final straight.
Sixties guitar, melody and bass line are brought smack up to date with an impressive guitar solo in ‘Mona Lisa’ which name checks Bombscare Betty and Psycho Sally – mabye we will avoid the pubs you drink in lads, scary chicks eh?! ‘Jarface’ has a chorus which begs to be joined in a drunken chorus of – I defy anyone not to find themselves singing “You’re not who you say you are!” by the end of this album.
Infectious indie Jock rock music to dance to. Take a punt on them, the odds are good.
