BLUE SUBURBIA

I just don't understand why no-one has reviewed this album yet. It's simply fabulous. Great melodies, brilliant musicianship, soaring vocals. A little bit of everything in the mix makes it difficult to categorise (maybe psychedelic prog' ballads?), but the overall result is very assured. Hailing from Guildford, the epicentre of bourgeois middle England, the band describe themselves as "a UK-based independent progressive art rock band". Stuart Chalmers's fluid guitar work forms the backbone of the music, but he's ably supported by an assured rhythm section and there are some lovely, angelic backing vocals. For those British readers who grew up hiding behind the sofa on a Saturday evening, I would also recommend the evocative single Vashta Nerada (Doctor Who Theme). Outstanding