We are long admirers here of the black watch. It is their way they manage to blend a sort of 80s Indie Pop with Psych. Indeed, if you isolated John Andrew Fredrick's vocal, you could have him as a Smash Hits cover star.
They not only live in musical world that is largely their own, but Fredrick's gang are fast becoming a friends of I Don't Here A Single meeting. The magnificent Andy Creighton's guitar lights up the creations and we wait for a new album from The World Record, growing more and more impatient by the month.
The Neverland Of Spoken Things remains an amazing song since its EP Release and may be the very best thing on the album. Gretchen's Wheel's Lindsay Murray's angelic voice adds so much to the song. It is also noted that our Sugarplastic friend Ben Eshbach is also here with strings and orchestral arrangements.
This album is probably the most 80s vibe that we've had in a long while from the band. The title track is so spaced out that you believe the band are stoned. Wish I Had Something has a driving Bass line and a slight electronic feel and Fredrick's vocal not a million miles away from a Thompson Twin.
I was always attracted to the band by the Psych and They May Be Grey fits that role perfectly. Off You Go Redux is Psych Pop of the highest order, an absolute gem. If this were the 80s, Nothing Left To Say would be an absolute smash.
There is even a wonderful closing Acoustic beauty in Julie 3 with a beautiful orchestral arrangement that reveals the beauty of Fredrick's voice. This album sounds like a proper joined up affair. More thematic, more of a soundscape. Definitely an album to be listened to in track order and in full.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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