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last - the debut album album from Scotland's best-kept
power-pop secret!!! Speedboat (Finlay Macdonald, Scott Walker, Alasdair Vann & Francis Macdonald) are a Glasgow-based guitar combo who dig spunky guitars and 3 minute pop songs in equal measure. These pop rascals believe that you can turn your amp up to 11 and still play wonderful pop... |
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The Boat's 1996 debut single "Satellite Girl" was produced by Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub and received some good regional UK indie radio support. Their 1997 follow up single "Luv"/ "A-T-O-M-I-C" got some UK college radio playlistings and several spins on Radio One's Evening Session. At long last Shoeshine presents their debut album: 9 original tracks plus a groovy cover of Elvis Presley's "Change Of Habit".
Album Tracklist * Some Speedboat reviews
*You will need the latest version of Real Player to listen to the soundclips which can be downloaded here.
"YUMMY! Expect your toes to tap, your
head to nod, your pulse to race and your eyelashes to
flickety-flutter like a kite tail in a tornado..."
-Melody Maker
"Guaranteed to banish cynical
chart-bilge clean around pop's U-bend!...jangle-tastic guitars
that shimmer, sparkle and soar in a way that's ornate yet
instantaneously engaging, too...Clasp them warmly to your
fun-lovin' bosom soonliest."
-The Herald newspaper
"Ever noticed how a classic
three-minute pop song can re-route your mood as you gloomily head
into work of a morning...Speedboat have an aim in life that is
something akin to this"
-The Greenock Telegraph
"Jangly guitar pop
dominates...pleasingly melodic stuff."
-Teletext
"Alex Chilton, Gene Clarke and Dinosaur
Jr. still rule...that's the essence of Speedboat's 'Satellite
Girl' which is way out of fashion, often touchingly so"
-NME
Jangly guitars right up there, catchy
harmonies, breezy, fast, summery tunes, 180 second pop
songs...Speedboat, like the rest of their family tree, may refuse
to play away, but when they know their territory this well and to
such feel-good effect, why should they?"
-Go! Magazine
"Speedboat play in the sharp, straight,
pop/rock field"
-The Bob, USA
"…slabs of exceptional power
pop…"
-ESP fanzine
"How many great bands can keep coming
out of Glasgow"
-Radioflyer fanzine
"Top track is the eponymous 'Speedboat'
which would nestle happily on, say, Top Of The Pop or The Tube,
as such classic songwriting hasn't been conspicuously absent from
our tvs, radio and hearts since, oh, 1986 or so. Until now."
-Jockrock Fanzine
"If you get excited over punchy, power
pop, then Speedboat will blow you away!"
-The Hamilton & Motherwell People
"Speedboat are a loose collective of
like-minded musicians (Finlay Macdonald - Teenage Fanclub/BMX
Bandits, Francis Macdonald - BMX Bandits/Teenage Fanclub/The
Pastels, Scott Walker [a name you’re all familiar with -
it’s not him!] and Aladair Vann), intent on turning up their
guitars and making crunchy power pop with a touch of grungey,
backs to the wall distortion chucked in for good measure. A
couple of singles - Satellite Girl and Luv/A.T.O.M.I.C. - from
‘96 and ‘97 respectively, pointed the way, and
simultaneously turned a few heads. Now there’s a whole album
of the stuff, and just in time for Summer, it must surely be
cause for much celebration and merriment amongst UK pop
aficionados who have become accustomed to looking west for their
jollies. Both those earlier singles are included here, though
it’s an impossible task to choose top tracks as it’s a
blinder from beginning to end, and should be pounced upon
wherever sighted. (9)"
-Luke Fanzine
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