j xaverre - great all great
new 3 tracker from the man aka pete gofton. having released the excellent skaterdater ep on moshi moshi pete has now become part of the memphis industries family and has decided to go for the pop stardom world having now amassed 50 odd songs in his 3 years absence. naturally the excellence continues. pete has obviously decided to shake off the lo-fi tag and go for the all out fully-fledged guitar pop song.
with its insistent 'whoa oh a whoa' (when you hear the track yo'll see what i mean !) loop, the title track has a melodic pull that athlete would love to be able to master. the track just leaps out of the speakers and doesn't let go for the 3 minutes. this screams 'radio hit' and hurrah for that .. having the track tweaked by wilco producer dave trumfio has obviously added something extra special to the sonics.
this is top poptastic guitar track ..
the other tracks 'burning dim', 'remembering tv' are not as fullon and hark back to the simplistic beauty of previous releases by j-x. with petes delicate vocals becoming far more confident and assured.
by heck - i'm looking forward to the lp .