ARTIST: Dropkick
TITLE: Turning Circles
LABEL: Taylored Records
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 44:00 min
SIZE: 61,9 MB
RIP DATE: Dec-10-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-20-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Only For Yourself 03:05
02. Give It Back 03:26
03. Can't Help It 01:46
04. Avenues 04:44
05. 15th December 03:27
06. One Thing 02:14
07. Rewind 04:33
08. To Get To You 03:00
09. Last To Know 02:10
10. Won't Be There 02:16
11. Lobster 02:52
12. Wouldn't Hurt To Wait 03:01
13. Black Book 02:30
14. Say Nothing 04:56
Release Notes:
It's been obvious for some time that Dropkick
produce some wonderful country power pop - they've
refined this approach so much that I'm going to
sidestep any comparisons and concentrate on what
gives them their own identity. For the other songs,
of the fourteen on offer, that aren't described,
take it as read that they are smart, assured,
harmony and melody laden country pop songs of the
highest quality.
'Avenues' mostly dispenses with the distilled
sunshine and concentrates on the darker side of
life. A solitary acoustic guitar and a solo voice
opens this melancholic gem, a consoling electric
guitar lending an arm and adding some dappled colour
and eventually the whole band emerges; the chords
are minor, the music reaches a subdued beauty. Also
more downbeat is the 'No Depression' style 'To Get
To You' where the guitars stutter and falter,
tugging at the bridle - they are used to having
their head and galloping towards the melody but here
they are held in check.
The empirical evidence to support a claim to be
Scotland's pre-eminent alt-country power pop band is
becoming overwhelming: they have a sound that is
honeyed but not overwhelming. Think of them not in
the fierce full-on heat of a midday pop sun, more
the joy of the breaking dawn or an evening sun
kissing the warm sea. However I try to describe
them, songs like '15th December' deserve a wider
audience. For sheer enjoyment Dropkick are pretty
hard to beat right now.