Following
hot on the heels of the glorious ‘Goodbye Tuesday’ 7” vinyl release on Heavy
Soul Records comes this fantastic 4-song EP on the happening Plastic Pop label.
Adrian Holder and Robert Moore are joined on drums in the studio by Ben Addison
(Boys Wonder & Corduroy), with Ben co-writing the 4 songs with Adrian and taking
on the production and arrangement duties.
The EP
opens with ‘You Are Free’ which carries on the tradition of great ‘Moment’
A-sides with plenty of guitar and great vocals; a very catchy number that ends
with a ‘Summertime Blues’ kind of chord progression. Ben’s brother Scott (also
of Boys Wonder and Corduroy) adds additional guitar to this track.
The
start of ‘Be My Lady’ immediately reminds me of The Jetset (a favourite band of
mine) around the time of their first album, ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’, and
carries on with a nice Motown feel throughout.
‘Minor
Emergency’ is a pure Northern Soul stomper with strings, brass, choppy guitar
and female backing vocals that could easily become a dance-floor favourite if
given the coverage, and is a very, very good song indeed.
The final
song on the EP is ‘Daisy Chain’ that begins and builds in a style akin to the
Small Faces’ ‘Tin Soldier’, but without sounding like it (if you know what I
mean). About a minute in we get the overdriven sound of Adrian’s guitar and off
we go – another great recording.
A
stunning release from The Moment – their second since the beginning of summer.
And with Brett ‘Buddy’ Ascott (The Chords/The Rage/Speakeasy) now on drums,
they are heading to a venue near you soon. All we need now is a full length
follow-up to ‘The Work Gets Done’ and we’ll be happy in The Moment.
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