Thursday 13th September - Hull Explosion - The Talks and The Favours At The Welly Club (3/3) By Michelle Dee

(1/3), (2/3), (3/3).

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The well known songs such as Boys Toys and Faces go down well and result in outbreaks of cheering and applause but it was some way off the response the band received after the Christmas show with Neville last year. As said earlier, both bands' sound suffered somewhat and Sara's subtle tones did not come over as well as they might.

They opened with Islands - a track that has been played by local DJs for a while and then one of the new ones, Left.

The choruses on I Don't Need Anything From You fail to come across with their usual powerful single mindedness. However, when the band takes it down a notch or two for Will You Remember Me something beautiful happens. This song is a yearning love song filled with heartbreak and pathos. This is where The Favours really shine; they write beautiful songs that stay with you, haunt you, lingering long in the memory.

This song alone will be worth buying the album for. Almost a week later I can hear the longing in the simple but effective chorus.

I implore you not to let The Favours join the growing list of good bands coming out of Hull to not make it due to apathy and ignorance. Go and buy the new single Islands, download it on iTunes if you must but do it today before all is lost and Hull falls once again into darkness and despair. www.myspace.com/thetalks www.myspace.com/thefavours

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