The Great Escape – Hyde & Beast

Futureheads’ drummer David Hyde swapped his sticks for a guitar for this side project with the beast, Neil Bassett of The Golden Virgins. The first half definitely had a touch of the Brewis’s about it. With expansive arrangements and high-pitched harmonies, this was music for the head rather than the feet. A wake up call arrived with ‘You Will Be Lonely’ – a buoyant, countryish number that proved they could also rock. They continued with Bolanesque riffs and the closing stomper even borrowed from Abba’s ‘Does Your Mother Know’, with the three guitarists competing with, while complimenting, one another.

The Haunt, 12 May 2012

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