The Secret Show
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Review by Dan Gavin

In the world of popular music, there aren’t many things more liable to send the listener into a fit of cold sweats than the prospect of a noisy rocker turning their hand to a more sensitive side-project. The concept conjures up harrowing images of hoary old axe-wielders curled over-earnestly around an acoustic guitar, convinced their watered-down tedium somehow elevates them to the level of serious musician. Of course, Funeral For A Friend frontman Matthew Davies is no hoary old rocker, yet still it’s with a certain amount of trepidation that we contemplate his country band, The Secret Show . »