Peggy Sue - Watchman

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3...according to our Dave on Thu 18 Mar, 2010.

I'm not sure what to make of this. It has a sort of acoustic Glam feel, while also sounding a bit like classic singersongwritery.(?) Its a pleasant, if sedate romp with bittersweet melodies and a strange sounding drum track. Actually I'm not giving the vocals enough props, they are sublime and enchanting. The flip side has a delicate country feel and also sounds beautiful. Then how come I'm not totally feeling it? It just seemed to float on by me, even though I gave it a good listen. I guess it's quite inoffensive and sweet, but so is The Alan Titchmarsh talk show, and I'm not sure I'd like to indulge in that all the time. It's on a hip label though so I could say it was recorded at Fred West's house by Attila the Hun and it will probably still sell.....ho hum....

TRACKLISTING:

Side A – Watchmen

Side B – Trouble

OVERVIEW:

For the past 18 months Peggy Sue have been happily and successfully booking their own sell-out shows, writing and recording their own records: a collection of sought-after, but sold-out EPs and building a fanbase the envy of their contemporaries.

Through old-fashioned hard work and by embracing new technology Peggy Sue had unintentionally pioneered a new business model in a now fractured music industry. The band were not looking for a traditional record deal but having seen their sold out ICA show in November 2009, Wichita Recordings stepped in and made an offer. The label had long been fans of the band and the band were big fans of the label. Consequently, the deal was signed in December and, not ones to waste time, Peggy Sue's debut album will be released in April this year.

"’Fossils’ was recorded over a year in Brooklyn, Brighton and London. It is made up of entirely unreleased material because we wanted it to exist as a whole in the way that our favourite albums do rather than being a collection of songs. Most of the album is about endings in one way or another, the title refers to both the absences and remnants of those endings and the empty spaces in the artwork reflect this theme. It was created by Benjamin Phillips whose path we crossed a couple of years ago whilst we were all living in Brighton, he has been making artwork for us ever since." - Katy Young

The band recorded the album with Alex Newport (Two Gallants), John Askew (The Dodos), Steve Ansell (of Blood Red Shoes) and Ben Lovett (of Mumford & Sons).

Blessed with two songwriters in Rosa and Katy, and with the addition of drummer Olly Joyce early last year, Peggy Sue have been working hard to further develop their unique sound whilst playing shows with Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and The Maccabees amongst others.

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