Lightwings - Sleeping is Not for Dreamers
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 2 / 5 / 2013
Label:
Beatnik Geek Records
Format: CD
intro
Mediocre and derivative debut album from 60's and 70's-influenced London-based band, the Lightwings
The Lightwings have got their summer fun antics messed up, and they mix up the Bay City Rollers with being the Beach Boys on 'You're Alright'. Overall they dwell in cliché bubble surf pop music. The Plagiarism Office should take action. There should be a law against wilfully sampling bits from the Beatles, Beach Boys and so on without doing them any justice. The Lightwings simply are malware derived from iTunes and whatnot. Just consider theirlabel's name, Beatnik Geek, not a beatnik at all, but a sad little marketing tosser instead. Someone tell the Lightwings that 'Top Of The Pops' is dead. It's terribly uncool to bang the tambourine and sing supermarket choruses. Maybe your local Lidl will sell this at 9p next year. Until that moment, knees up and dance to mediocrity!
Track Listing:-
1 Cheap Riches2 I Almost Turned
3 Who Pulled the Trigger?
4 Had About Enough
5 Must Be Luck
6 You're Alright
7 Maybe Another Day
8 Fallen
9 Poison Ivy
10 To A - Nother Place
11 Revolutions
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