Exit Calm - Hearts and Minds

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2...according to our Brian on Thu 29 Apr, 2010.

Bugger. I was doing so well. Imagine a turgid cross between Kasabian, Doves, Chris Rea & Embrace with "epic" shoegaze guitars zinging off everywhere. It also calls to mind a single by The Music on 33 instead of 45. The vocalist has one of those gravelly pronounced styles where he sings everything really carefully so all the numpties trancing out at 3 in the afternoon at the Bognor Regis festival in the park after too many cans of Carling can understand his chest beating rhetoric about revolutions & the like. We all think this is pretty appaling here but I'm confident its got undoubted anthemic qualities that could unite the nation in these stressful political times :-}

'Hearts and Minds' is the unstoppable new single from South Yorkshire based four piece, Exit Calm, showcasing their distinctive wall of immense and anthemic sound, taken from their forthcoming debut album produced by Paddy Byrne (Unkle, The Hours) and mixed by Ulrich Schnauss. 'Hearts
and Minds' proved a live favourite as the band travelled the UK last year supporting Echo and The Bunnymen, The Charlatans, Modest Mouse and Soulsavers. With heady guitars, ambient and effect laden layers, echoes of musical heroes such as Doves, Spiritualized and The Verve are undeniable, yet Exit Calm's delivery is in a class of its own, evoking an atmosphere of epic proportions. Limited edition on heavyweight coloured 7" vinyl.

4...according to Paul.

Personally, I like this record. It's VERY reminiscent of Verve (before they became THE Verve and wimped out), but that's not a bad thing. Exit Calm's previous single 'We're On Our Own' (shouldn't that read 'We're On Us Own' being that the band are from Barnsley?) was utterly magnificent. This single's not quite up there, but it's a nice little taster of the album due in May 2010.

So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!