Scousers Zutons!
The people of Liverpool are known as the Scousers and for their distinctive accent spoken with a range of fast, rising and falling tones. This has led them being dubbed as the "Sing-song Scousers" and indeed they live up full to their reputation.
It was back in the 60s when the Beatles, the band from Liverpool took the world of music by storm. Til this day, the phenomenon musical scene in this cultural city of Merseyside has yet to fade. It has bred some of the greatest musical talents over the years after the legendary Beatles including the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen, the La's (originally wrote and sing There She Goes), Ian Broudie, The Teardrop Explodes, Pete Wylie, Death or Alive, The Farm...and talent aside you might be surprise to see Atomic Kitten on the list.
The Zutons is the recent uprising indie band to grace the colourful history of Merseyside music scene. Their music is difficult to define but their talent is spot on definitely. The Liverpool band are fronted by main man vocalist Dave McCabe, alongside orignal members Boyan Chowdhury, Russell Pitchard and Sean Payne. The only lady, Sean Payne's girlfriend Abi Harding was a later addition to the lineup, after her occasional performance of Saxphone with the band delighted the others and being popular among the crowd. A mix combination of Jazzy, physcedelic, punk-funk and the suspicious quantities of Merseybeat in the form of broken-hearted rock ballads to catchy melodic pop from the belting soul vocals of Dave McCabe and in the addition of slinky saxphonist Abi Harding, the Liverpool lads is tenacious, quaint and quirky. These scousers are simmering, demanding notice and smoking.
The Zutons have released two studio albums under producer Ian Broudie with the third one due in June. My choice to share you folks here is 'Valerie' from their second album- Tired of Hanging Around, of which Amy Winehouse also did a cover version as well as James Morrison who sang it live.
While you're at it, check them out at www.thezutons.com
It was back in the 60s when the Beatles, the band from Liverpool took the world of music by storm. Til this day, the phenomenon musical scene in this cultural city of Merseyside has yet to fade. It has bred some of the greatest musical talents over the years after the legendary Beatles including the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen, the La's (originally wrote and sing There She Goes), Ian Broudie, The Teardrop Explodes, Pete Wylie, Death or Alive, The Farm...and talent aside you might be surprise to see Atomic Kitten on the list.
The Zutons is the recent uprising indie band to grace the colourful history of Merseyside music scene. Their music is difficult to define but their talent is spot on definitely. The Liverpool band are fronted by main man vocalist Dave McCabe, alongside orignal members Boyan Chowdhury, Russell Pitchard and Sean Payne. The only lady, Sean Payne's girlfriend Abi Harding was a later addition to the lineup, after her occasional performance of Saxphone with the band delighted the others and being popular among the crowd. A mix combination of Jazzy, physcedelic, punk-funk and the suspicious quantities of Merseybeat in the form of broken-hearted rock ballads to catchy melodic pop from the belting soul vocals of Dave McCabe and in the addition of slinky saxphonist Abi Harding, the Liverpool lads is tenacious, quaint and quirky. These scousers are simmering, demanding notice and smoking.
The Zutons have released two studio albums under producer Ian Broudie with the third one due in June. My choice to share you folks here is 'Valerie' from their second album- Tired of Hanging Around, of which Amy Winehouse also did a cover version as well as James Morrison who sang it live.
While you're at it, check them out at www.thezutons.com
