Showing posts with label London Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London Grammar. Show all posts

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Hey now (London Grammar) (LP 3026)

London Grammar  If You Wait (CD, Metal and Dust Records, 2013) ***  

Genre: Indie pop

Places I remember: HMV (Croydon)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Wasting My Young Years

Gear costume: Metal and Dust

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: London Grammar is a trio that are equal parts Hannah Reid's expressive vocals, multi-instrumentalist Dominic Major, and guitarist Dan Rothman. Hannah Reid is also the band's lyricist.

If You Wait is their debut album. Hannah's vocals are fantastic. She sounds a bit like a dialed down version of Florence Welch at times, which is a good thing.

The music fits, but I'm not crazy about electronica especially. No denying the power and beauty in Hannah's vocals though.

Where do they all belong? 
I took a punt on this while living in England and reading a positive review in Mojo Magazine. I've not felt the need to add their other albums to my collection.