Stealing Sheep - Genevieve (7" vinyl)

Everyone seems to be going ape shit for Stealing Sheep’s ‘Noah & The Paper Moon’ EP so I reckon there’ll be a bit of buzz around ‘Geneviene’, the first single from the trio’s new album on Heavenly. As you may know, they’re from the fair city of Liverpool which has produced many a fine band over the years like The Coral, Big In Japan, The Boo Radleys, The Lightning Seeds and many many more. You’ll be pleased to know that they don’t sound much like the aforementioned bands which makes them hip n’ fresh and all them buzz words.

I lie actually, in a way they do sound a bit like The Coral or maybe The Zutons in the sense that they make bold pop music that seeks to be larger than the sum of it’s parts. The winning element is the Cocorosie style vocal harmonies that effortless glide these mildly adventurous pop songs to a graceful finale.

So A-side ‘Geneviene’ is a slice of San Fran circa 1967 psych-pop with a strong vocal and a stripped back arrangement that brings the claps right to front giving it a much dancier feel than the song may have had before they hit the studio. It’s like Crosby, Stills and Nash innit. The B-side is a remix by Baardsen that I have no opinion on...sorry. I’m an hour away from a mini-holiday and I just wanna get out of here.