'Up there with the debut
albums from Keane and Scissor Sisters. This autumn's must buy album.'
(Gay Britain Network)
Amazon.co.uk review
With "indie" rapidly becoming a by-word for "whinging", it's refreshing
to hear an album like The Feeling's debut, Twelve Stops and Home.
People who come to this album having only heard the catchy-yet-downbeat
single "Sewn" might find the jaunty, upbeat tone of the rest of this
album a refreshing surprise. Twelve Stops and Home is pure, summery
optimism, with most tracks bouncing along at a happy, head-nodding
pace, and packed to the brim with simple, singalong lyrics, including
the liberal use of "la-la-la" and "na-na-na". Sure it's lightweight,
but that's no bad thing--it cuts like a ray of sunshine right through
the knee-hugging depression of contemporaries Coldplay and Keane,
with whom the Feeling are sometimes, bizarrely, compared. Instead,
Twelve Stops and Home is a pop album straight out of the 1970s, played
by young men with guitars and a piano. Which explains why "Fill My
Little World" and "I Want You Now" are so cheerful, sounding like
Squeeze would have if they sang about puppies. On Twelve Stops and
Home, the Feeling may not be out to change the world, but they're
happy to make it a bit brighter. --Ted Kord |
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