The exceptional Brits and Pieces compilation album has triumphantly returned for its fourth instalment, with Nick Brine's mastering touches (Oasis, Ash, and Stone Roses) gracing the album once again.
The album is available to purchase on CD at Wax and Beans.
Put together by Marc Rossiter of @britspieces X fame as a labour of love; all profit is split equally between the artists. Rossiter's generosity is laudable in an age of diminishing returns for artists.
This week, we will be diving into our top 5 tracks. Next up next are Belfast outfit Jet Black Tulips. Having formed in lockdown as teenagers, they recently headlined Belfast’s March of the Mods. Let’s check out their featured track, ‘Young Love’.
Young Love
The soundtrack to the great summers. The ones where youthful dreams emerge from wild nights out, regret and bonded by blood friendships.
Lead guitarist Tom Buick leans into Stereophonics’ sense of surroundings on ‘Word Gets Around’ and links arms with a more melodic version of The Enemy on this sonically enriching anthem. It is, though, Duncan Newell’s ferocious but stylish drumming that takes this record to another realm.