Change the Letter – These Quiet Streets EP
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| Change the Letter - These Quiet Streets EP |
Release Date: 10th May 2019
Cornish duo Change the Letter are
wasting no time in getting their music out in to the world with this debut EP
following their debut single earlier this year. The first of the five tracks is
‘Believe’ which gets us going with a gentle West Coast jangle of acoustic
guitar that sounds like a Jefferson Airplane acoustic jam on a beach while the
sun rises and the seagulls pick their breakfast off the shoreline. ‘Fake It’
follows next with a continuation of that surfy, coastal, laid-back vibe with
the ringing acoustic notes flowing easily and the vocals drifting out on the
breeze.
There is a more lively energy to ‘First
to Fall’ which is more reminiscent of the La’s or Elvis Costello with it’s urgent
guitars and impassioned vocals. ‘Just Another Morning’ drifts like a Weller track
with a Jam-esque quality to the mournful strumming and vocals full of regret
and missed opportunities. This EP is sparse on instrumentation and as raw as it
comes but with closing track and lead single ‘Two Lovers’ the duo add in a bit
of percussion which is a nod towards a fuller and more layered sound which
helps to swell the emotion behind the excellent song-writing. There is
potential and promise in these songs but what is most joyful is the opportunity
to hear the material in its raw form – it’s like hanging out in the studio with
the band as the ideas get laid down.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/changetheletter/