Five Of Cups: Gold Vinyl LP John Metcalfe with record labels and music

with record labels and music retailers joining in the fun with the release of a series of new albums

and saw the band move toward a danceable style

“Nobody” finds the Shacks re-interpreting Phil Spector’s Wagnerian approach to rock & roll

You could argue that after seven studio albums a covers album might seem a somewhat step back creatively

Since it’s initial release in 2013

Five Of Cups: Gold Vinyl LP John Metcalfe with record labels and musicFive of Cups opens with the title track, establishing the albums auditory and thematic modus operandi from the get go. Holy Waves lysergic textural palette is immediately apparent in the songs woozy synth lead and anti gravity guitar jangle, but the atypical chord progressions and vocal melody steers the music away from anodyne escapism into a pensive grappling between self determination and defeatism. Holy Wave continue to ride the wistful and