Sunny Intervals - Call and Response EP
1 Comments Published by Nat Lady on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 16:11.
Sunny Intervals is the occasional lo-fi side project of Andy from Pocketbooks and his first EP – Call and Response – is out now on Weepop records, released on one of their trademark limited edition 3” CDs with beautiful handmade sleeve and inserts.This EP is a glorious set of imaginary adventures set in and around London, incorporating train journeys, holiday camps, comic book figures and 60’s singers. Let the City Run Away With Us is an uptempo jaunt through the capital’s finest landmarks, whilst the jangly Sunset on Parliament Hill captures the dilemma of facing up to the 9 to 5 grind or drifting away to work in a theme park somewhere. And Weekenders, with its talk of trespassing on railway lines and trips away, continues the escapism theme. But it is the slow, haunting piano build of Lights Out Over Kilburn which slows the pace and provides a rainy interlude on this otherwise sunshine-y EP. My personal favourite is 60 Seconds to Fall in Love, available to download here.
A couple of the songs just go on a bit to long for me. It reminds me of Andy's earlier Pocketbook songs before he expanded it into a band.