17-10-2022, 18:32
LIGHTNING SEEDS ~ See You In The Stars
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First a confession; I only listened to this album because the cover is so gorgeous. And after the first couple of bars, I did wonder whether the exterior promise would live up to whatever was inside! It’s pop – more specifically Britpop – not a place I venture very often at all, so who am I to offer an opinion?? What I can say, is that for some reason, I DID listen all the way through – and enjoyed it too. Light but not completely boring – seems well put together although I can’t seem to find anything about any of the musicians currently in the band, other than the head honcho, Ian Broudie. He’s it, really, from what I can gather (maybe it should be Seed singular, LOL) – does all the writing and quite a bit of the music too, but they do perform live so there must be others involved as well although I suspect a few programmed moments on the release.
Nothing at all horrible on here – had me bopping away. Simple, unchallenging, upbeat but not OTT pop tunes that are nicely executed. It's surprising where a breath of fresh air comes from sometimes!
They seem to be getting a lot of traction with “Emily Smiles” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_5LxE9FEc
And I liked this one … “Great To Be Alive” –
First a confession; I only listened to this album because the cover is so gorgeous. And after the first couple of bars, I did wonder whether the exterior promise would live up to whatever was inside! It’s pop – more specifically Britpop – not a place I venture very often at all, so who am I to offer an opinion?? What I can say, is that for some reason, I DID listen all the way through – and enjoyed it too. Light but not completely boring – seems well put together although I can’t seem to find anything about any of the musicians currently in the band, other than the head honcho, Ian Broudie. He’s it, really, from what I can gather (maybe it should be Seed singular, LOL) – does all the writing and quite a bit of the music too, but they do perform live so there must be others involved as well although I suspect a few programmed moments on the release.
Nothing at all horrible on here – had me bopping away. Simple, unchallenging, upbeat but not OTT pop tunes that are nicely executed. It's surprising where a breath of fresh air comes from sometimes!
They seem to be getting a lot of traction with “Emily Smiles” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_5LxE9FEc
And I liked this one … “Great To Be Alive” –
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson