Thursday, 26 February 2015

New Band Spotlight: Hooton Tennis Club



Hooton Tennis Club are a 4 piece from Liverpool who are currently on tour of the U and everyone should be champing at the bit to see them and here two reasons why (tracks can be found via this Spotify link Hooton Tennis Club – Jasper / Standing Knees ).

Jasper

This single is packed with driving guitars reminiscent of Teenage Fanclub. There is a good dose of Pavement aswell but, make no mistakes, this is a very English song. It has that overcast sense of gloom throughout which, when combined with their clear talent for guitar melodies creates a glorious pop single.


Standing Knees

This is a fuzzy and slightly twisted take on the new garage scene which has been on the underground in recent times (with Ty Seegal in every band it seems). The lo-fi vocals have a brilliant ‘anyone can do this’ attitude and the spiraling guitar solo around the 2minute 20 secs mark maybe short but, is incredibly powerful for such a fledgling outfit. 

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