Music - Music

by Anthony Strutt

published: 2 / 9 / 2002

Label: Hut
Format: LP X2

intro

Impressive Led Zeppelin and Doors influenced debut album from the much hyped and acclaimed young Leeds group, the Music

The Music's first album lasts 61 minutes and 28 seconds, all of which are very enjoyable. Hailing from Leeds and sounding very retro, they do sound at times to be very much in the Led Zeppelin/Doors/Verve chain of thinking, which is not a bad way to think at all. Frontman Robert's vocal does wobble in the style of Robert Plant on much of the album, but what makes this recording stand out is its instrumentation and strong tunes. For example, the opener 'The Dance' uses weird sound effects that sound very odd indeed, and on the single 'Take the Long Road and Walk It' there is what seems like a banjo break in its midst. On the whole this is very loud rock music. It perhaps sounds most like Led Zep, but 'Human' is more like the Doors, while 'Float' sounds like the Talking Heads 'Psycho Killer' and 'Too High' has a Verve groove to it. This is probably one of the year's stand out albums so far, and God do we need some !

Track Listing:-

1 The Dance
2 Take The Long Road And Walk It
3 Human
4 The Truth Is No Words
5 Float
6 Turn Out The Light
7 The People
8 Getaway
9 Disco
10 Too High
11 New Instrumental

live reviews

Brighton Concorde, 24/9/2002

One of the most acclaimed bands of the moment, the Music recently completed a full-length tour of Britain. Lisa Mundy finds memories of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream from twelve years ago come flooding back

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Take The long Road and Walk It (2001)

The Music hit the big time after the Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq plugged them heavily on his evening show and their demo received lots of airplay on his slot. A media frenzy ensued and this 1000 copy re

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