Manchestermusic.co.uk review in full…

Hi all, here’s the ‘Single Of The Week’ review we got on manchestermusic.co.uk in case you didn’t visit the site! I know we’re milking it but its fecking good so please allow us the pleasure!! We may have a gig coming up next sunday but i’m waiting on the details so i’ll keep you posted.

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:: Heat Vs Light ::
13 July 2009 / White Label / 3 Trk CD
By JA

Heat Vs Light owe me £1.08 after they failed to put any adequate postage on their MM bound package. Was the early morning trip to the Post Office worth it ? In terms of presentation and packaging it deserves the effort, purely because this quartet have themselves put in a jolly decent amount of graft, in producing this soulful slice of modern, reflective indie. Some bright spark has already inserted the word “Elbow..” into their quotes but that’s a bit of daft thing to do, when Elbow create such unique patterns of their own – actually that bright spark was MM’s very own Mr Ecostos, himself an huge Elbow fan…oops. No, heat Vs. Light have a great band name and their searching, drawn out ballads are entertaining, not least for the drizzle of jangle and the purposeful crescendos. Whilst “The Air Tastes Of Strange Things” is an epic struggle of tempo over forceful atmospherics, the closing crash swings them into prog-rock territory with aplomb. This is entertaining and often exciting material, that seems to have grown into something potentially wonderful and personally I love the way that this EP is going to demand repeated listens, as the layout of the instruments is given an equal importance to JP Keenan’s attractive vocal style. Since 2005’s “Haunted Tapes” there’s been a slight line up change and a move into a self-admitted period of post-rock admiration. It works.

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