The Pearlfishers - Up with The Larks

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 27 Sep, 2007.

Here's The Pearlfishers with 'Up With The Larks'. The latest opus from Glasgow's orchestral indie pop's sensations... 12 tracks of proper orchestral sounding indie pop clocking in somewhere between Teenage Fanclub and Prefab Sprout and something else much more twee I can' think of right now. Pleasing enough gear with some occasionaly moments of beauty thanks to some useful string section action.

*After an extended hiatus, Glasgow's The Pearlfishers return refreshed
and all improved with `Up With The Larks', their sixth album for Marina Records
and the latest in a line of orch-pop masterpieces including `Across The Milky
Way', `Sky Meadows' and `A Sunflower At Christmas'.
*The album is clear evidence that main Pearlfisher David Scott continues his
unique musical journey with renewed joy and verve, and that classic songwriting
and well-crafted arrangements are alive and well in 2007.
*Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake co-produced four of the album's cuts, starting
with `The Bluebells' not a tribute to the once famous Scottish popsters but a
beautiful, string-laden rumination on the turning of seasons.
*One act that does indeed receive a full- blooded name-check are Womack And
Womack in a song titled, aptly enough, `Womack And Womack' which recalls
Scott's early days running with the hawks of the major music industry.
*Morning breaks again in `Ring The Bells For A Day', complete with the
glittering Big Star chime of massed Fender Stratocaster, an exultation to
cast the night away and a line written in tribute to one of Scott's enduring
heroes, Brian Wilson.

*Tracklist: 1 up with the larks 2 the bluebells 3 send me a letter 4 the
umbrellas of shibuya 5 womack and womack 6 london's in love 7 eco schools
8 with you on my mind 9 fighting fire with flowers 10 blue riders on the
range 11 ring the bells for a day 12 i just see the rainbow