Ricky - That Extra Mile/Beat The Best Out Of Me By Nick Quantrill Release date - 6th September, 2004.

Following hot on the heels of acclaimed debut album, The Summer Sun Still Echoes, Portsmouth's finest, Ricky return with a double A-side that will (hopefully) accompany some long awaited summer sun. The single picks up where the album left off. It's all highly infectious pop tuneage brimming with melodies that bring a smile to the face and it's all so damn catchy you want to hack your foot off just to keep it still for a moment!

Not only are the lead tracks so sugar sweet, they demonstrate a band on the way up. Added to the jingle-jangle majesty reminiscent of Teenage Fanclub and The Byrds, That Extra Mile features some of the coolest sounding brass since The Boo Radleys' Wake Up Boo! whilst Beat The Best Out Of Me is a beautiful piano led number. With four brand new tracks are spread across 2 CD's and a limited edition 7' vinyl for all those of you who still hanker for the good old days; it's a great introduction to the band. With major record labels tracking the bands progress, pick up these releases whilst you can still say you heard them first! Pre-order from HMV - www2.hmv.co.uk www.rickyonline.co.uk

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