The Wave Pictures - Blue Harbour

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4...according to our Dave on Thu 09 Jun, 2011.

The Wave Pictures return with yet another twee quite romantic sounding single. It has all the hallmarks of a classic Wave Pictures song. Well played guitars. Brush style drum strokes. Yearning vocals that sound quite nice. The title track Blue Harbour has some great lyrics, something about pissing in the sea. It's done in such a catchy way and it sounds ace. It has a great vocal hook as well. Aww. The flip side is also ermmmm...quite lovely actually. It's another jaunty acoustic guitar led number called I Walked Past Them Sleeping and it's also equally as nice as the title track. Steady, quirksome songwriting from the Wave Pictures who like Herman Dune are well creeping up my twee favourites list...wonderful stuff.

“We pissed in the sea and pretended to drown one another” Blue Harbour

The Wave Pictures new single Blue Harbour is “named after (bassist) Franic Rozycki’s favourite brand of clothing” Dave Tattersall explains. Lyrically “It describes a trip to Coney Island, New York, and the start of a love affair.”

Imbued with an acerbic edge yet quirky sense of observation, Blue Harbour is a snapshot of moments and emotions, a swim out to sea and held together by jangling guitar and The Wave Picture’s irresistible charm. According to Tattersall it’s “completely true, every word of it really happened”.

Following widespread critical acclaim for their new album Beer In The Breakers, The Wave Pictures are currently crisscrossing the country on a nationwide tour. They headline the Scala on May 26th.