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.
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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 is Laurie Wright. Championed by The Libertines, Wright has collaborated with Death of Guitar Pop and toured with The Skinner Brothers, The Cribs and The Rifles.
Today, we check out his track ‘Butter Side Up Boy’
Butter Side Up Boy
Wright’s solo walks the line between The Strypes' youthful exuberance and Steve Craddock’s chart-storming classics, which could ignite the next mod revival. As the solo fades, hints of early Noel Gallagher’s yearning to escape the filter prevent this from being just another mod rehash.
The single goes to another level as Wright cuts loose vocally in the closing stages. The paranoia and anxiety (“I’m fearing what I'm feeling”) are wrenched from his soul in an astonishing moment of Steve Marriott-esque power.