There are enough reasons for me to love this band even without actually putting the record on.
Besides the adorably un-original name, reminding me of one of my all-time favourite bands (Scotland’s No.1 band) along with the “cloudy” album title that guarantees some “poetic”, moody beat vibes, there’s also the appropriate umbrella-cover shot, recalling the image of another fave “creation”, and by the time you turn the thing around, you shouldn’t be surprised by seeing the black-turtlenecked band, fully equipped with authentic Beatles gear.
So there you go, if you’re a sixteez freak, you just gotta love these guys, no matter how they sound, though I still feel like mentioning that they do sound GREAT, turning everything you’ve just read about, into this “surrealistic pop kaleidoscope”.
After a pair of distinctively British sounding openers, taking the minimalistic soundscapes of pioneering Britpoppers like The Pastels, back to their ’60s origins by adding an extra Mod-ish power-chord or two and a garagey fuzz solo here and there, the following are the late ’60s popsike of the title tune, that will make your mind “float upstream”, the super-groovy Merseybeat-en ballad Girl Met In November or some truly authentic mid’60s beat sounds of Blue Rose and Silky Eyes, backing up the band’s image.
Looking In Your Eyes combines some freakbeat-creations with a (Manfred) mannish chorus, which is also traceable in Why Don’t I Go Along The Same Road As You?, which is almost like a long lost Tony Hazzard classic.
So, don’t spread your umbrellas and let the “surrealistic rain” fall down on all of us.
[Released by Teen Sound 2003]
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