Who: Matt Parker, Richard Phethean and Jamie Bush. As far as I can decipher from photos they all switch around on instruments.
Where: Falmouth via Brighton
Why: Tall Ships fuse elements of math rock, electronica and shameless pop. New E.P. ‘There Is Nothing but Chemistry Here’ is brilliant and beautiful, full of rich guitar melodies, sweet soft synths and wonderful percussive drumming. Out of the 5 tracks on this E.P. the highlight for me is opener ‘Plate Tectonics’ which sounds like early (good) Death Cab for Cutie mixed with Minus the Bear starting off with a simple chord changes, progressing into loops, and loops of guitars building to a crescendo of riffs and noise. It shows variation with the track ‘Ode to Ancestors’ which is electronically heavy and with sweet vocal harmonies which sounds sort of like Postal Service.
The band have released two E.Ps through two fantastic labels; 'Big Scary Monsters' and 'Blood and Biscuits' whose respective rosters are full of bands who will fill the band of the week page but until then it is the mighty Tall Ships!
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