I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2023 : 41-50

 

For the last few years We have compiled annual Best Of 's because these posts seem so popular and the aim of this Blog is to get exposure (and Sales) for the artists. A reminder that anything reviewed on I Don't Hear A Single is highly recommended. 

Narrowing things down to this 100 has been really difficult. The countdown is posted in reverse batches of 10. For each album, a song is embedded from the album and a link is provided to the IDHAS Review where you can find further details and how to listen or buy the album.

41 Soft Hearted Scientists - Waltz Of The Weekend      IDHAS Review

42 The Rallies - It Must Be Love      IDHAS Review

43 Sunfruits - One Degree      IDHAS Review

44 Real Terms - Vantage      IDHAS Review

45 Papernut Cambridge - Channel Suite      IDHAS Review

46 The High Strung - Address Unknown      IDHAS Review

47 French Alps Tiger - Switch Off All The Time      IDHAS Review

48 Dead Billionaires - Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book      IDHAS Review

49 Swive - Stereophonic Stylings Volume One      IDHAS Review

50 The Kynd - Timelines       IDHAS Review

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Real Terms - Vantage

 

The Liverpool Trio are being compared to many different bands and all of them could be true. One EP in and now we have the album and it is a wondrous affair. At times, they could be XTC, even The Mommyheads where the vibe is most similar.

Kite is pure Andy Partridge on the verse, yet Veil In Thinner's vocal is closer to Jon Anderson and the whole thing is closer to Prog. Absentee is another example of great Prog and you sense that fans of this genre will lap Vantage up most. 

Frantically Wrong could be The Police, yet Half Alive hints at Jazz Rock whilst retaining an addictive chorus that isn't a million miles away from Pop and offering up hints of Talking Heads. Impose even gets all Adrian Belew.

Yes there are flashing strokes of Guitar Pop, particularly on some of the choruses and Cacophony could be compared to Colin Moulding's adventures in The Prog Collective. Yet for all these comparisons, Real Terms are largely in a field of their own, inventive without ever being self indulgent.

When you think of a rock trio, most often, a Power Trio will spring to mind. Real Terms are not really like that. There is an almost symbiotic bond between the three components. Dominant Bass lines matched to unusual riffs with dynamic drum patterns.

Nothing is ever over complicated, arrangements change direction and the results are astounding. Over the past couple of years, there is a great wave of fresh bands breaking through in Liverpool. They aren't the expected scouse big chorus merchants, they are marching to their own tune. Real Terms have provided a splendid debut album. Highly Recommended!

You can listen to and buy the album here. CD and Vinyl can be bought here.

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