If you've been paying attention, you will know how much we adore Derrero. Brit Pop botherers, but always more Cymru giants. They underline how effective intelligent Indie is with unexpected arrangements and prove you don't have to blow the bloody doors off to master Guitar Pop.
The two albums since their 2020 reappearance have both featured in our Best 100 Albums Of The Year, Time Lapse reaching Number 2 and looking back, it should have really been Number 1. They've even had an exhaustive interview with our Mick Dillingham which you can read here.
There is no doubt that Breezing Up, their sixth album in all, will feature high up in our Best Of 2024 Edition, not out of any favouritism, but because it is so damn good. Ferrero are a band that push boundaries with continued excellence.
The arrangements and harmonies continually catch you buy surprise. They can provide mellow West Coast Rock such as A Line In Space, yet also offer up glorious Pop with Catherine and its stunning Brass arrangement.
Yet they can rock out on the likes of the title track with a massive sounding instrumental which is one of the best things on here, very Psych at times, which is a strange thing to say bearing in mind what a wordsmiths, the band are.
Mile After Mile gets all Americana with its all together now harmonies and Painting With Sound goes well into Teenage Fanclub territory. Creepy Crawlies is hypnotic Psych and Mile After Mile again showcases the outstanding harmonies of the trio, a foot tapping joy. What a glorious album!
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on CD and as a download. Treat yourself and own an album by possibly the best trio in the world right now.
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