Standin’ Man have returned with their new single ‘If You Don’t Know What To Do With Yourself’. It follows the single ‘Be Your Own Messiah’ released earlier this summer. It was produced by Jim Spencer (Charlatans, Johnny Marr, New Order) and recorded at Motor Museum Studios (Liverpool) and Eve Studios (Manchester).
Singer and songwriter Dean Fairhurst makes five men sound like an army of men with his stadium-sized belief. He switches up from Liam Gallagher to Daltrey to John Lennon with an ease that is frankly, terrifying.
It’s true brilliance lies within the baggy-mod beats and rhythms. They drag the spirit of ‘Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches’ to the pop majesty of ‘It’s Only Love’ and beg the question, why has no one ever done this before?
The single erupts into ecstasy via Joe Kavaney’s psychedelic guitar solos. They fire out across the night sky like the northern lights on speed. They take Steve Craddock’s early OCS work to the edge of Hendrix via that glorious moment Clapton became a Beatle. There could be no better soundtrack to this tale of getting lost in the moment as a collective.
Two behemoth singles in and Standin’ Man are looking like huge album of the year contenders in 2023.