Drawn To The Deep End - Gene

I’ve always thought of Gene as an OK indie band that rip off the Smiths quite a lot. Only I’m not a big fan of the Smiths so I’ve never really investigated them. However, when I asked my housemate Ian (Excelle) to give me a CD to review he shoved this into my waiting hand and reassured me “You may like it”. Let’s see if I will… * New Amusements * The album gets off to a good start with a slacker drumbeat/bass ...
...as several guitars come in with breathy vocals before finally exploding into a fast paced rock tune and then slows down again for the vocal. The song moves around between the various sections and despite the song being over six minutes long it never gets dull. High praise from me about an indie/Smithsish band! * Fighting Fit * Ah wait, I recognise this one. A stronger Smiths sound is present on this track, especially in the intro. The chorus is ...

yhwman 20.06.2001 · Read full review
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Gene are quite a long running indie band. They have produced many albums to date, the most recent being ‘Revelations’, but I this may be their best. They are excellent live, so what’s this like? I love it. It has four singles on it – ‘Fighting Fit’, ‘Where Are They Now?’, ‘Speak To Me Someone’, and ‘We Could Be Kings’. But the album tracks are superb too. With 12 tracks in total, track 1 is a 6 minute instrumental track, which is brilliant and atmospheric ...
...Someone’ is probably the best track on the album, an extremely powerful track which makes you feel Martin Rossiter is giving it all straight from the heart. Other favourites of mine are ‘Save Me, I’m Yours’, ‘I Love You, What Are You?’ and ‘Voice Of The Father’, but all the tracks are classics, and I can’t really criticise any of them. Piano is used to great effect all the way through the album, as are the indie mainstays of guitar and drums. This ...

Excelle 05.08.2000 · Read full review
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