The Sesh - Various Hull Heroes continued By Daniel Laney

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The Landaus - What Ya Crying For? A catchy track from the offset the song toils with country beats and bluesy rock 'n' roll swagger. A tambourine has helped carry the vocals that trip over themselves constantly. A summer track for the parties in your garden when mums and dads are away for the weekend.

The Johnsons - Misfortunate Love The most addictive track on the CD, which is still swirling around my thoughts, makes this song stand out amongst others. The vocals are original and yet easily compared to great rock acts. Spiteful but yet tame like The Strokes the simple chorus of Why Don't You Go? will be haunting you for a few days. Dirty guitars always make the perfect accompaniment to a simple and fast drumbeat. You'll tingle with feel good vibes.

Park & Ride - I'm The Buttbanger As the title suggests taking themselves seriously is not the main concern for Park and Ride and with a lyric such as Four silver spoons and One Hob Nob to back this up, the track is a entertaining throughout. For some reason I always think the vocals sound like the late Mark Bolan from T-Rex, but the use of a southern/Texan twist makes it hard to imagine what Park and Ride sound like without actually listening to it. A really funny song built around spot on timing.

Ernest - Preggie Probably one of the longer songs off this compilation the song begins as if it were to be found on a Tarantino movie with its sleazy blues-rock feel to back this up. Keeping with the movie theme a spaghetti western would be no stranger to this type of atmospheric music but for many reasons I would recommend this group to any Portishead fan. An epic contribution.

Sidewinder - Blind Faith A powerful drumbeat welcomes you at the beginning of the track and invites you back in time to view its wonderful Brit Pop/early cool Britannia sounding world. A slow cradling beat can be found under a style that bares resemblance to Primal Screams Screamedelica album. You can imagine finding this track on a British Rom Com movie but do not be put off by this, as it's just a really good soft rock song.

The Sneaks -Dont ask me why? I love this song it's so easy to listen to but the emotions it can bring out are amazing considering it uses the simplest of beats and a deadpan sound. It's nice to hear a band performing a reggae style song and doing it their way. It's a brilliant track for the beach and a barbeque in the summer and again as with most of the songs from this huge compilation it's catchy! If you're a fan of The Coral this perhaps could cross of the music boundaries and appear in your league of music this also applies to Gomez fanatics as well.

Danny Tacey - Ballad Of Herbert & Margaret An acoustic guitar with the simple use of a tambourine takes you back in time to the 60's and has an element of The Kinks and The Beatles about it. A rhythm that can make you bounce in your chair and tap your foot this really is a retro track at its best and proves that by striping a song down to its bare essentials it can be perfect.

What sounds like a love song and a story of two lovers can perhaps be read differently but the track is just brilliant.

Break Even - Hospital Property A new wave punk 'n' roll song brings us nicely back in to the modern day world and a shredding guitar kicks you in the arse and demands an ear from you. The chorus is also a little bit of genius, simple and effective. The song has a well-appreciated MC5 presence to it and any band that can create that sound without pulling a cringe deserves three minutes of your day.

The Vultures - Shambles What starts as a line dance or a ho-down turns into a honky tonk punk song that has you bobbing like an apple from beginning to the end. Graham Coxon should perhaps take a listen to The Vultures and get a few more ideas. This stuff would have scared the crap out of parents twenty years ago and the ever-frantic drumbeat towards the end may cause concern for those weak at heart even today.

The Morphines - Culprit (live) The Morphines have captured an early 80's punk hardcore style whether meaning to or not. Resembling Black Flag and Minor Threat the track gives you a good idea of the energy that can be found at The Morphines gigs.

BONUS TRACKS

The Paddingtons - 50 to a £ (Demo) A typical The band example, The Paddingtons are a fine example of the modern rock genre. A highly charged and energetic song with a warm endless summer feel to it. 59 Violets - Silver Sea (Southside Freedom Fighters Mix)

A completely different way at looking at 59 Violets music. Different to Thugg, this remix reminds my me of the electro styles created by The Faint, you can imagine this track to be used as an advert for producing the diversity of music offered by the BBC, however it just proves the ever growing different styles available in Hull.

To purchase this CD is an investment, every band has put great songs on to this one CD and at last there is a catalogue of songs the bands from Hull have to offer.

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