My Raining Stars - From St Saviour To Quickwell
0 Comments Published by Tom on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 14:52.
My Raining Stars are a French band who based on this album seem to have spent a lot of time listening to British pop bands from the 1960's to the present day.The band have their origins in previous act Nothing To Be Done and From St Saviour To Quickwell is their début release. The bulk of the album has it's starting point in 1980's indie pop (think Creation, the c86 tape etc) which is ably supplemented with influences taken in the main from the 1960's, a musical era which influenced a number of bands two decades on.
The album starts of strongly with Gone For Ever More which sets a standard some of the other songs like Head Over Heels or Twisting Over My Soul fail to reach because they seem to be constrained by the bands obvious influences.
Hey! I know that's not a bad thing but I would have like to have heard the band expand their sound a bit more which they would do if they managed to get away from their comfort zone instead of following the same pattern song in, song out. The tracks pick up when they mimic Primal Scream's Sonic Flower Groove era. Songs like Better Days and Shadows sound like they have the hands of Jim Beattie plucking the guitar chords to great effect.
I played this album a lot over the past six weeks and I guess that has made me over critical having falling in, out and back in love with it during that time. It is a solid début and one that all indie pop fans should hear at least once. However they need to gain some confidence to move out of the comfort zone. When that happens I am sure they will get even better.
From St Saviour To Quickwell is self released. Contact the band via My Space to order a copy.
[My Space link]
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