Are Ist our best-kept pop secret?
ALBUM REVIEW IST Toothpick Bridge (Monkey Basket Records) IST mainman Kenton Hall is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has written with the likes of The Blockheads' Chaz Jankel and Chris Difford of Squeeze, but I admit they'd bypassed my radar until this release.
It is actually the Leicester outfit's third album of extremely catchy melodic rock, in the vein of Elvis Costello or Nick Cave, and it's an eclectic record which contains something for everyone.
The four core members are supplemented by a huge cast list of guest musicians, contributing everything from brass to piano, and sax to accordion.
Lead single Pep Talk, in particular is a jaunty singalong, but there are moments of melancholy too. I like this a lot. 8/10. GW
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