Beetroot - Cast

All Change - Cast

this album at 4/5 stars on my Itunes account, that s a very good amount. I m guessing a lot of people don t really know who Cast are, I say this as I saw an episode of Stars in their eyes where one of the guys performed a song by Cast. He was brilliant but finished up 4th or something similar, can t remember who won but it was a singer that most people over the age of 50 knew and liked but anyone under that probably hadn t heard of. Cast were a band of the 90 s britpop movement, this was their debut album and they managed 3 more albums before dying out with much of the britpop scene at the end of the 90 s. John Power (formerly of The La s) was the lead singer, ...

All Change - Cast

when British Indie music was beginning to bear fruit once again with the likes of Oasis and Blur. It was a fairly dynamic time for the music industry and Cast were not slow on the uptake with this really fine collection of songs. It took me a good few listens before the album grew on me but once it had I couldn t understand why it had taken so long! It really is a cherished part of my collection. I still wonder if they could have done better than John Power s broad Liverpool accent as vocals but, then, perhaps that is part of it. It certainly is a distinctive sound. The album itself is a collection of almost funky pop/rock tunes with one or two slow efforts to ...