SKITTLE ALLEY Love Is An Action CD (Discos de Kirlian)
Skittle Alley are among my favourite indiepop bands around at the
moment, so I was excited to learn of this new CD out on Spanish label
Discos de Kirlian. There are 8 songs here, which in true DIY indiepop
tradition were recorded at home. Skittle Alley's style of indiepop
shows the band are acquainted with the music from the genre's golden
age, but rather than simply rehashing the past, they have the talent to
add their own individual touches that make the music sound fresh and
new. The songs are built around lyrics by Richard Earls, whose Older Wiser Harder vol 1 CD with Thierry Audousset was reviewed earlier this issue, whilst the lyrics to Secret
were written by Gary Sansom, who is well known to indiepop fans as the
founder of Dufflecoat Records. This is bittersweet, catchy indiepop,
gentle but with signs at times of a more forceful nature under the
surface (as heard for example in Video on Someone Else's Phone,
with its vigorous guitar solo and the driving rhythm in the chorus), and
often swathing jangle within an airy and dreamlike atmosphere. The
album is an absolute breath of fresh air from start to finish; it's
releases like this that make me so glad to have stumbled across indiepop
all those years ago, and also to know that there are bands like Skittle
Alley around today with such an infectious enthusiasm for the genre. I
can't recommend this enough, and hope there will be much more to come
from this band in future. Visit www.discosdekirlian.com and skittlealley1.bandcamp.com
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