Small Town Boredom
Autumn Might Have Hope

This record left our Mingus Rude feeling happy.

A vinyl only release of sadly hushed singing tones, quietly strummed acoustic songs and moody bedroom recording experiments. Fans of Hood will appreciate the down-tempo vibes and ambient waves. If I was forced to come up with a new genre of music I'd call this lo-fi bedroom folk. If I was being belligerent (which I admit I sometimes am here at the towers) I would maybe implore the singer to lighten up, get out more and also to give out a little more. This way, maybe he'd belt out his songs with a little more gusto. On the contrary though, if he took any heed of poor music retailers like myself, his forte of bruised fragility wouldn't come across in such an achingly blue way. Which I think is probably the key selling point of this LP.

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What their label says...

Tracklisting:

Side A:

Apologies For Apathy
For Today I Missed The Dawn Break
Another Coded Message
The Great Lodging
William Summers Blues
Afternoons At Thornhill Road
Sympathy For The Drowning

Side B:

Monday Night H.O.P.E. Group
How I Learned To Love The Waterboys
Elder Park & All That Followed
Enjoy The Fireworks
On The Crookston Line
Our Valentines Day Rebellion
Understanding Blackness

Notes:

Sepia tones for dark autumnal hours; melancholic acoustic songs interspersed with lo-fi home-recorded experiments.

Reviews:

Sometimes I wish I was Simon Cowell. Not very often but sometimes. To have the power to pretty much pick and choose which new pop band pollute our ears. I like to think I would be somewhat less power mad and money greedy (but you never can tell). Take moment with me and hoick your trousers up, now imagine if you were Simon, who would you thrust upon the public. Imagine (if you can) a Simon who wants to use his powers for good, to pick a band of such extreme quality and beauty that everyone deserves the chance to hear them. I know people are not puppets, you can not tell them what to like, I would let everyone hear “Small Town Boredom”. They herald from Paisley on the west coast of Scotland. I used to live there. I had a flat for three years just round the corner from the university. I only stayed there for a short while but in a space of three months I suffered four car crimes (vandalism and theft). We moved and I decided there was little of beauty in that city. Until I discovered “Small Town Boredom”. Their debut album “autumn might have hope” is an elegant and unassuming collection of beautiful songs with magical vocals and tender musical accompaniment. Opening with “apologies for apathy” it sets the scene for a very Zephyrs esque recording, opting for a delicate approach to power. Throughout the album we hear the strong confident words of a father to his first born child rather than a youthful teenager drunk and ready to fight. The album continues in this manner providing us with masterpieces like “elder park and all that followed” and “for today I missed the dawn break”. There are touches of local Scot heroes “The Sky at Night” but “Small Town Boredom” bring a little more to us as listeners. Their songs seem to musically hint at something just out of reach, as though they are sharing a secret, sharing something very special that we are so close to comprehending. They are our mother and our father, they’re our blanket, they’re the warmth and the light and they will never betray us. I have seen them live and they are not afraid to rock out but their true genius lies in the simple fact that “Small Town Boredom” are skilled song writers and on 'autumn...' might have hope they stick to doing what they do well.

Rating: 8.5/10
Reviewed by: GH - Musicspotlight

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