Brits and Pieces 4 – Dirty Blonde
We review Manchester band Dirty Blonde on the Brits and Pieces 4 Compilation.
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.
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 are Manchester’s heavy hitters Dirty Blonde with their track ‘Run (When I Tell You)’.
Run (When I Tell You)
Filthy. Utterly is filthy. The Royal Blood via BRMC riffs emerge from the gutter drenched in sweat and oozing liquor! Ailis Mackay’s vocal eloquently negates the glam-stomping guitars to land the compilation’s finest juxtaposition.
Brits and Pieces 4 - Laurie Wright
We review mod sensation Laurie Wright on the Brits and Pieces 4 Compilation.
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.
*image courtesy of The Songbird PR.
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.
Brits and Pieces 4 – Jet Black Tulips
We review the Belfast band Jet Black Tulips on the Brits and Pieces 4 Compilation.
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.
Brits and Pieces 4: Cruz
We review the Sheffield band Cruz on the Brits and Pieces 4 Compilation.
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.
*banner image credit Joe Griffiths. Courtesy of This Feeling
This week, we will be diving into our top 5 tracks. Sheffield Songsmiths Cruz is next.
Make It Right
Gloriously contrasting vocals and guitars! An omnipotent vocal delivers their power to (“tell her how you feel and stop wasting time”) the cute, shy indie kid guitars, which grow in stature on this romantic coming-of-age ode.
It conjures the images of the cool kid and the weedy indie kid setting out on an unlikely friendship which will journey to parity and lifelong memories. Rock n roll at its touching and inspiring best.
Brits and Pieces 4: Edge of 13
We review the Yorkshire band Edge of 13 on the Brits and Pieces 4 Compilation.
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. Kicking off proceedings with Bridlington’s Edge of 13:
The Great Mistake
Ecstatic licks light up this tale of two halves. The first, taps into ‘On The Waterfront’s “I coulda been a contender, I coulda have been someone” spirit as the protagonist ponders the past and being held back:
“I could have been someone / Instead of wasting time around here”
The Gaslight Anthem-esque vocal always allows for optimism to creep in and, in the latter half, does so as the protagonist realises you’re only done when you're dead and decides to chase their dreams once again.