...according to our Phil on Sun 21 Jan, 2007.
The Tompaulin new LP is a cross between Belle & Sebastian and The Beautiful South. Well crafted songs and somewhere between indie music and the mainstream. In To The Black could be big??Tompaulin's second LP,“Into the Black” features appearances from Jim Reid and Ben Lurie (Jesus & Mary Chain/Freeheat), Alasdair McLean (The Clientele) and Alison Cotton (Saloon).
Shades of Nick Cave, the Velvet Underground and Galaxie 500 mix with the characteristic Tompaulin wit, dark humour and poetic and melodic sense to create an introspective journey through uncertainty, pain and desire.
This is the sound of a band who are totally focussed and know exactly what they want – and they’re determined to get it. Tompaulin have arrived.
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