Album Review

The Pastels/ Tenniscoats – Two Sunsets

• 15th Sep 2009

This album opens with the very pretty “Yokyo Glasgow” instrumental track. Reminiscent of some of the gentler music composed by Vangelis in “Blade Runner.” But this is not to be that sort of album. The second song starts and we are much more back in a 60’s hippie groove. Harmonicas, tambourines and female cooing in the background.

It’s all easy going from here on out. Retro has just stepped back another decade and genre. I don’t know if there is a huge calling out for this sort of revivalism. And it is made in it’s purist form. There is not attempt to cross dress it with anything remotely modern or hip to give it added appeal to other crowds (which if I’m honest probably wouldn’t have been a bad idea. You’d be surprised how many genres you’d actually like if they made a bridge to a world that is more uniquely your own).