PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IS THE STUNNING DEBUT RECORD FROM MANCHESTER QUINTET SPOKES, RELEASED ON THEIR OWN EVERYONE LABEL IMPRINT. ITS A CONTEMPLATIVE AFFAIR TAKING IN POST-ROCK AND SHOE-GAZE, YET MANAGES TO DEFY MERE PIGEONHOLING IN ITS BLEND OF RAUCOUS FOLK AND PURE POP. SPOKES ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE ROLLING HILLS OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND, WHICH PERHAPS EXPLAINS THE RUSTIC FEEL OF THEIR REVERB-SOAKED, VIOLIN-COATED SOUND, A SOUND THAT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO CANADIANS ARCADE FIRE AND DO MAKE SAY THINK. PEOPLE LIKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF EXCITEMENT IN THE INDEPENDENT PRESS, CREATING A VERY COHESIVE WHOLE IN ITS BLEND OF FIELD RECORDINGS AND ACCIDENTAL NOISE. SPOKES LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE SEEN THEM ACCLAIMED AS A PICK OF THE BANDS TO WATCH FOR 2008, INCLUDING RECEIVING ALBUM OF THE WEEK STATUS ON BOOMKAT. FOR FANS OF MOGWAI, MONO & SICKOAKES
...according to James Green.
This is little album is amazing!.......got lent it from a mate at Uni and just cant stop listening to it....its one of those that grows and grows...some bits make you want to explode.............if you dont buy it then get a copy somehow......everyone needs to have this.......but dont tell them I said that...music for music lovers............So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!