The Wave Pictures - Long Black Cars
The beauty of The Wave Pictures lies in how they can take such rudimentary ingredients and create something genuinely exciting. This is the band’s third album in as many years, with singer David Tattersall releasing at least two solo albums or collaborations in between. Rather than exposing the limits of their sonic fields though, this proficiency has allowed The Wave Pictures to push and stretch the edges of that traditional three piece line up, seeing just what they can do with the basics. To describe Tattersall as an English Jack White might seem faintly ridiculous, but I’m going to do it anyway.
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harsh mark!
I love this album, it is absolutely terrific and possibly their best yet. It's way better than a 7/10 (even the review suggests it should be higher), a mark that hints this is just a run of the mill guitar album. It's not. There is nothing run of the mill about this album, from the bat shit mental guitar solos to the interesting and often absurd lyrics this record offers something different to the usual dull British indie fayre.
In fact, I don't know any English songwriters working at the moment who can write a more catchy melody and I am constantly amazed they aren't the biggest band in the UK.
7/10? This should be in the recommended record section!
God Bless The Wave Pictures
Saw them last night in Brighton and they were absolutely brilliant. There's not that many bands in this country anymore that seem to be able to keep going over the years with a cult following, proper indie releases and touring.
The reason they aren't the biggest band in the UK is that they are not the (next big thing), don't sound like a sub par Depeche Mode or whatever and don't have a 'dance element'...hehe
9/10 record
After reading this review I thought the album would get a higher mark and after listening to it there is no doubt that it should.
It's a lot more immediate than 'Beer in the Breakers' and the songs work really well live too.