Malik & Pettite - Malik & Pettite EP (UP Records)
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| Malik & Pettite - EP |
There are areas of the world that
don't have a particularly strong musical heritage and, underdog lover as I am,
I'm always keen to hear new music coming from these areas. Like it or not,
Coventry is one such area so receiving this EP from duo Malik and Pettite was a
glimmer of hope on a musically bleak horizon. This quartet of songs opens up
with the surprisingly jaunty 'No More Love' with its duelling acoustic guitars a
tight vocal harmonies between our two heroes, Steve Malik and Loz Pettite. 'Rise
Up' is a similarly up tempo tune with a bouncy, Beatles meets Arctics meets
Jake Bugg melody strummed with gusto over the shuffling drum beat.
There's a very radio friendly
aura to the duo's music, in line with the likes of Jake Bugg, James Morrison
and Paolo Nutini which should see them make some headway with a Radio 2
audience but I'm not sure there's enough of an edge to make them world changers
just yet. Nevertheless, 'Only You' is a wonderfully McCartney-esque pop tune
that bounces along with a simple charm and an innocence that is hard to ignore.
The final track on the EP is 'Victoria', a plaintive love song full of
distance, remorse and heart ache but also some cheesy guitar melodies that were
last heard in an American sitcom. Malik & Pettite are a lot more lively and
positive than the majority of acoustic acts around at the moment but they might
want to consider reigning that back in from time to time to avoid slipping in
to the world of daytime TV montage music. A murky world indeed.
More information: http://malikandpettite.com/
Live Dates:
20th November - The Bedford, London