Another West Yorks act are The Sugars who are signed to Bad Sneakers. They've definitely got a good, full retro rock sound but there's a little too much Ocean Colour Scene/Weller in it for me, yet I reckon they're trying to get a bit of a Fifties rock and 60s garage/soul vibe to their tunes. Unfortunately the production is too modern and dulls the potential edge from 'Black Friday'. I think they'd like to be The Von Bondies (I love the feisty male/female vocal face-off but this all reminds the office of Do Me Bad Things. Then again if 3 people can sound like 9 then they must be 3 times more powerful? I like the flip 'Isle of Sirens' which is more of a Chris Isaak brooder with some nice echo-laden twanging and a powerful vocal. They're worth catching live too!
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What their label says...
Three previous singles all made indie top ten sales chart. ‘Black
Friday’ is taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Curse Of The Sugars’,
released in June. The album is produced by Will Jackson (Pigeon
Detectives, Cribs).
