El Born - Kangaroo EP (Strata Entertainment Ltd)
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| El Born - Kangaroo EP |
Si Connelly, the 'talent' behind
El Born, is one of those guys that is not so much driven to be a musician as he
is just resigned to the fact. There are those people who will gig wherever they
get the opportunity, take studio time at 4.00 in the morning and who will sleep
in their car rather than pay rent just to be able to buy that all important new
guitar (semi-true story). Anyhoo, the music: this EP starts off with the single
edit of 'Kangaroo' which is an uplifting, foot stomping piece of indie-rock
with some slightly less positive lyrics. 'Catch The Sun' is a much more subdued
indie ballad that will surely appear in a Richard Curtis film at some point as
the guitars are a little on the cheesy side from time to time. '1982' is the
song that's propelled El Born in to the public eye with Coldplay picking up on
the video and championing the song which in itself is an inoffensive, heartfelt
piece of music but without the video it all sounds a bit James Morrison to me. The EP finishes up with
the album version of 'Kangaroo' which is a slightly elongated, expansive
version of the title track. I can see that El Born have got talent but I would
hope that they have a little more bite and punch about them by the time the
next release comes around as this release is all a little AOR/MOR for me.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/elbornband
Live Dates:
20th February - Bannerman's Rock & Whiskey Bar,
Edinburgh
21st February - Mad Hatters/Hootananny's, Inverness
22nd February - The Admiral Club, Glasgow (7.00pm)
22nd February - Live At The Box, Glasgow (10.00pm)
23rd February - Green Room, Perth
28th February - Kasbah, Coventry
1st March - Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
2nd March - Firebug, Leicester
6th March - Cellars @ Chaplins, Boscombe
14th March - The New Adelphi, Hull (supporting City Of
Lights)
15th March - The Cockpit, Leeds (supporting City Of Lights)
20th March - South Sea Live, Sheffield (supporting City Of
Lights)
26th March - Jazz Cafe, London
27th March - Vaults, Rugby
28th March - Sound Music Venue, Cheltenham
6th April - Mercury Lounge, New York
8th April - Rockwood Music Hall, New York
10th April - Saltlands, Brooklyn
14th April - Venue, Washington DC
15th April - Venue, Boston
23rd April - The Borderline, London
4th July - Haslemere Festival, Haslemere