PEANESS – WORLD FULL OF WORRY
On this album, Peaness don’t do many thing particularly new but by heck they do it well and the songwriting is of an exceptional standard.
Formed in Chester in 2015, after some high profile radio sessions and having released a couple of EPs along with four singles, World Full of Worry is the debut album from Peaness. The trio of Balla (guitar/vocals), Jess (bass/vocals) and Rach (drums) specialise in a particularly catchy brand of melodic indie-guitar-pop.
Opener Take A Trip is an acoustic slice of late 60s/early 70s trippiness. Kaizen melds C86-style indie with yé-yé and power-pop. On paper, that should be a mess and yet it makes for an almost perfect summer single. How I’m Feeling is guitar pop with lush harmonies. Girl Just Relax brings to mind The Delgados - one of my favourite bands ever - and Emma Pollock’s solo material. irl adds a funky, calypso feel to the mix whilst there’s a woozy feel to Doing Fine. Worry mixes a cracking chorus and soaring vox, with spacerock FX bubbling away in the background. Things take a mellow turn with Left To Fall Behind before What’s The Use mixes upbeat, jaunty music with outsider lyrics and a gentle middle-eight. Hurts ‘til It Doesn’t is more downbeat but, in an album full of lovely harmonies, has the loveliest. Closer Sad Song is melancholy gem that lives up to its title.
On this album, Peaness don’t do many thing particularly new but by heck they do it well and the songwriting is of an exceptional standard. The band play Voodoo Daddy’s on 25th May - supported by Outline fave - and, based on this album it should be a corker.
9/10
