Brakes
Give Blood
Rough Trade
2005
Rating: 8 pints of O negative out of 10
Brakes are a British rock superstar group of sorts - one of the British Sea Power dudes (Eamon Hamilton), a couple of Electric Soft Parade cats (Tom and Alex White), and one of the guys from Tenderfoot (Marc Beatty). And to be totally honest, this group might be better than all of the parent acts. Because of Eamon’s vocals, some British Sea Power comparisons are inevitable since he sings occasionally on their album. But even more noteworthy is how much he sounds like Black Francis (Frank Black) of the Pixies, a fine thing to sound like indeed. There some Clinic-like keyboard tracks here, a few twangy low-key tracks there, and even a Jesus and Mary Chain cover to round things out…all in all, a fantastic debut by a side band that’s as good as most main bands.
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