| Marc Carroll, one time Puppy Love Bomber
and moaning ho' returns with a frankly poptabulous
solo debut. 'Crashpad Number' is guitat driven
rock that quite frankly pisses over the Travis'
of this world, tipping its hat at the Beatles
and The Beach Boys in the process. 'Buffalo
Ballet' is less successful, the sort of pastoral
ballad that XTC's Colin Moulding excels at
but here sounding twee and mannered. Third
track 'Raglan Road' is an absolute killer
cover of the trad standard, showing off Carroll's
distinctive sexy vocal and his knack for
arrangement. This number is going to be gracing
the soundtrack of some Irish film or other
very, very soon. Marc my words. |
