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Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures - Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures
By Nathan Chubb
The former member of French/Swedish anti-folk trio Herman Dune, Stanley Brinks sixth album ‘Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures’ see’s him collaborate once again with ‘The Wave Pictures’ for the fourth time.
I was filled with optimism after hearing the lively folk-filled opening track ‘Hi, Jane’; the Wave Pictures are allowed to bring this track up-beat with some punchy guitar work. After this the album seems to mould into generic folk for long periods, it takes until late on in the album for you to get that more unique sound back, ‘Why The Martians Are Gone’ picks the album back up again with some excellent and imaginative guitar and rhythm work.
Sadly I found that the album as a whole appeared to dwindle, Stan’s simple, memorable lyrics were not backed up by a credible voice. The Wave Pictures Dave Tattersall’s guitar shredding is pushed along with some rugged beats of rhythm from Johnny Helm and Franic Rozycki. The Wave Pictures seem to add something different that Stanley’s dreary voice needed to lift periods of this album up. However it could not lift this album to heights which maybe a solo attempt from ‘The Wave Pictures’ might.
Retro’s Grade: 2:2
