Siesta


Reviews


David Candy (2001)


Playpower
David Candy has got to be a teenager. Trust me. Of course, David Candy is really Ian Svenonious of The Make-Up, but he plays the pretentiously intellectual youth card pretty well. Yet again, the a


Lollipop Train (2001)


Junior Electric Magazine
This is the penultimate instalment in a series of fantasy pop concept albums which have come on the Siesta label offshoot – Reverie. The albums, released between September 1998 and September 2000 , c


Mr Wright (2004)


Metropolitan
Rich and orchestral pop on third album from Kevin Wright, who shows that he "hasn't lost his ability to create incredibly lush, intelligent songs that both define and transcend pop"



Napoleon Maria (2001)
Napoleon Maria - Dreams & Reveries

Dreams & Reveries
Maria Napoleon, the guise for Shazna Nessa and three producers-cum-masterminds Jerry Butler, John Austin and Matt Hulse, sees the sixties influenced chic pop series, Reverie, brought to its conclusion


Pastel Vespa (2002)
Pastel Vespa - L'anarchie

L'anarchie
Camp cover versions of hits by the likes of the Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Chumbawamba, and Alanis Morrissette all done in sunny pop style by girl chanteuse, Pastel Vespa


Scarlet's Well (2004)
Scarlet's Well - The Dream Spider Of The Laughing Horse

The Dream Spider Of The Laughing Horse
Third album from former Monochrome Set frontman Bid's new project Scarletts's Well, which unfortunately proves to be very patchy



Various (2004)
Various - Derby

Derby
Sprawling, occasionally appealing double CD, with loose football theme, from the Spanish indiepop label Siesta, released to coincide with their 11th anniversay