The Eighteenth Day of May : Same (duochrome green 2LP, Circuitry, 2026).
It's a bit folk rock by numbers
Fwiw, I think it's a lot better than that... and they gave very good gig indeed. All gone on to do other interesting things as well and lovely people to boot.
Addendum:
I suspect this wasn't quite the criticism that I heard. It's hard not to criticise somebody else by explaining what I mean....and I can't, but...Magpie Arc, to my ears they're folk-rock by numbers. Now, I like folk-rock so that's ok...and I like Magpie Arc, but I think The 18th Day do something a little different with the source. Damned if I can define what it is, though...Where's the quotation from? I don't recall reading it, but maybe I have and absorbed the phrase unconsciously.
Anyway, it wasn't meant to sound too dismissive- I try to give artists their due. The guitar jangles in a pleasing way, though sometimes I'd like it to jangle with a a bit more variation, if you get my meaning. And the thing of burying the vocal. I wonder if it's an identifiable trend? Outside of folk, more or less, The Sundays did it, and I absolutely love them, have spent over £100 on their vinyl reissues.
