Carl Green In Particular - Off Balance Off Guard and Off Duty EPs

Another splendid I Don't Hear A Single Discovery awaits your attentive ears all the way from the North East Of England. There have been three EPs released by Carl Green In Particular, the latest being Off Balance and all three are highly listenable.

This is essentially Pop Rock, but it is incredibly inventive, particularly arrangement wise. If you listen to the first two songs on the latest EP, the range shows. The Union Hotel is straight ahead-ish Indie Pop Rock, yet Algorithm And Blues is wonderful Gravitas Pop that is a reminder of the great mavericks of the 80s, Hitchcock, Partridge, Newell et al. Yet there is also a Billy Fury era about the song.

I'm reminded a lot of Cleaners From Venus with less of a folk bent. Fine Arts Student is wonderfully inventive Indie. Moving on to the Off Guard EP, Now It's Gone is a more straight ahead thing, but is really lyrical adept, almost an Acoustic Folk Song.

Flowery Words has a real Three Blind Mice feel and I couldn't help thinking of my great Brian Bordello as the song is right in his territory. A louder production and bolder vocal maybe, but the sentiments and style fit The Bordellos perfectly and I love that chiming Bell.

The Off Duty EP was my introduction to Carl Green and Art School Fringe in particular floated my boat. It is an ace example of the quirky Pop that I adore, a little bit zany with an addictive chorus and almost a very early Sparks feel.

She Sings In Her Sleep is again very first part of the 60s, you can imagine Joe Meek production. Who's Carl Green edges towards Psych Folk. Off Duty is probably my favourite of the three, simply because of the more Electric approach.

This sort of intelligent Indie is never gonna get a mass audience, it really is too intelligent for the plebs and they don't deserve it. With 12 songs here, there is more than enough for it to be an album and maybe that would have been easier to direct at the engaged than three EPs, but all three are a very rewarding listen.

You can listen to and buy them here.

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