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Hot Shots Part II - The Beta Band
Newest Review: ... Band have not only produced their finest and most accomplished work to date but have unwittingly produced one of the best ... more  ... records of this year. From sample ridden, laid back opener 'Squares' to the final closing bars of 'Eclipse', Hot Shots' trump card is that of a band actually enjoying themselves and the music they're making. Constantly side-stepping conventional song structure, they defy categorisation, peddling an infective infusion of psychedelia, folk and pop. Gone are the uneasy, jarring sounds of their last album, all ten of these tracks hark back far more to the best material on 'The Three EP's'...more |
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Hot Shots Part II - The Beta Band: The stars are out (489 words)
by - written on 09/08/01 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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The Beta Band have never fully gained the recognition they deserve. This may be a cliché but nevertheless, this, their second album proper, having been out several weeks is still, at the time of writing, waiting for it's first review on Dooyoo. At this time also, the small picture of the front cover, heading this Dooyoo section, is mistakenly that of The Beta's eponymous first LP proper. Almost certainly an honest mistake, yet would this have happened with the new Radiohead or S club 7 release? Very probably not. Chances are, you haven't heard much about The Beta Band. Chances are far greater that you haven't bought this album, which is a shame because in ... Read the complete review
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