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29/7/2003
15:53:28
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Subject: Finlay Positive press!
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“At last, a real alternative. London’s Finlay specialise in accessible alterna-pop that makes absolutely no concessions to this years model, instead they deploy primitive beats and off-key harmonies, recalling the early adventures of Pavement and Ted Leo. Finlay’s music seems designed as a reaction to Blur’s wholesale misappropriation of lo-fi, a sinister whisper with a simple message: THIS is how you do it” – Logo Magazine
“Their album doesn’t quite capture the thrill of these London-based fuzz poppers’ gigs, but it’s still a good helping of skewed fuzz-pop. Imagine Pavement or Grandaddy, with Sonic Youth’s Thurstan Moore twiddling the knobs.” – The Independent
“As the mainstream embraces pop, Finlay’s plaid chatter offers a peculiar appeal … there’s charm in the ‘Hour’s Coming’ and ‘Anna’s Calling’, as Adam Straw croaks over kooky keyboards and Anamik Saha keeps disinterested time by poking a cymbal with a lollipop stick … there’s a charismatic beast lurking behind their adolescent excesses … a gallant effort.” – Bang Magazine
“Oblique lyricism and music that brings to mind words like ‘fuzzy’, ‘spiky’ and even ‘whimsical’. But beneath all the lo-fi anti-bluster there’s something else going on, namely that Finlay have a rather fortuitous ability to write good songs … ‘I Dreams and Visions’ is a warm, huggable friend of a record, and an inspired choice for those times when only indie will do.” – Taste Fanzine
“’I Dreams And Visions’ is just too damn dull […] But ignore me, I’m probably talking shite.” – Drowned in Sound
Good on ’em! a fine band.
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