OK. My lesson is planned. I have Wednesday morning stretched ahead of me like an open canvas. I'm listening to Sam Fender's People Watching which has swept all before it these last eight months. It's alright frankly. The kind of thing the world needs. A CD that would sound great on the car radio as you hit the highway. Heading northward to Newcastle where Sam is from. Where I live.
The guitars are a little bit Springsteen meets The Go Betweens late period. Meet The Byrds occasionally. The sentiments are positive and upbeat. Thought throug. You can't knock it. Unless you are a snob. I am that at heart. I would probably prefer to be listening to Marquee Moon. But it's too early.This sounds fine to me.
It's slightly bland sometimes. But the Go Betweens are rather bland to many ears. Not all of us have a flat full of Pere Ubu, Only Ones and Raincoats albums. Most people buy a couple of CDs a year and that keeps them happy. Go to one enormodome gig.Why shouldn't they. It's actually cheering that a talent like Fender can prosper and break through the crush to heartland AOR Radio. Good luck to the lad.
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