Simon Bromide · Bromide
Forest Mountain Forest
南ロンドンのSSW
本人は、
Teenage Fanclub、Big Star、The Bevis Frond、Silver Jews 、 Mark Eitzel
から影響をうけているとのこと。
https://louderthanwar.com/simon-bromide-the-bromides-forest-mountain-forest-album-review/
Whenever I see a solo singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar, and I know its a travel-light, cheaper, easier option, I always think they really want to be, and need to be, in a band. Especially if the songs are great. (Go ahead, name the exceptions to my ‘rule’… there are a few perhaps.)
Simon Bromide does play solo gigs. He has the kind of charisma which means he can pull it off. But, on this album, with a full band, these songs are widescreen, epic country rock’n’roll works of pop art. Yet they retain his ‘character’ and individuality. There is a reason it has taken four years since the previous album for this to appear – he had to enlist the right people…. producer Brian O’Shaughnessy (Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Denim), Ed Wright on bass, Sam Kelly on drums, Ollie Parfitt on keys, backing vocals from Piney Gir… to get it to sound this great. The production and musicianship really is fantastic.
Simon list of influences on the PR are Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, The Bevis Frond, Silver Jews & Mark Eitzel whereas what I actually hear are Tom Petty, Springsteen, Charlatans, the Flaming Lips, but none of these are bands I actually listen to that much – so what the fuck do I know?
Following The Moon
I Woke Up
