First Review





Marshall's House

by Simon (ElephantSR)



Well here we are again another new album. Starting with Summertime, highly anticipated at the festivals but compared to the rest of the album, its nothing really. Then goes into Hotel Room a nice bass used here and isn't that bad, then the album's title song Marshall's House but unknown why I would say this sounds like a track from TCE but it contains more guitar.

Lighthouse & Buildings, a really good song probably one of the best short tracks with wonderful lyrics this should of been the single, then of course, Satellites (now entitled Cape Cod Morning, another track debuted at the festivals and sounded good then and still does sound a lot like waterfall and is just a good track. Another track which I really liked, People In The Sun, suprisingly sounding like Movin On Up by Primal Scream so this is why it grabbed my attention and is sung a lot like Satellites.

Tables For Ladies not bad really naf title though lovely drum use. Automat is average, really good guitar work here and some really strange lyrics "Flying saucers stopping by". Yawl Riding A Swell have they got this track on by mistake ? No ? If anyone's ever heard Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. I'm sure they will agree the intro sounds a lot like this one, another good song mainly because of this intro and the lyrics. Room In Brooklyn, not that bad but would not make it a single nice guitar work here and drums like Lighthouse & Buildings and the last track Gas is pretty good mainly because it sounds a lot like the others in one.

And thats my short review. By the way squire still sings like hes being strangled (As people say) but more creativness with the instruments on offer.


In all 8/10 a nice christmas present.

But its tough to say which is better TCE or MH ????



Released 9th February 2004

Tracklisting:

01. Summertime (Squire)3:13
02. Hotel Room (Squire)2:15
03. Marshall's House (Squire)4:15
04. Lighthouse & Buildings (Squire)2:02
05. Cape Cod Morning (Squire) AKA Satellites4:23
06. People In The Sun (Squire)4:07
07. Tables For Ladies (Squire)2:45
08. Automat (Squire)3:08
09. Yawl Riding A Swell (Squire)3:09
10. Room In Brooklyn (Squire)2:40
11. Gas (Squire)3:55



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