Easter Songs

An English take on the Palace Bros, perhaps? Echoes, too, of Robert Wyatt and Nick Drake. 'Easter Songs is the latest in a line of records that teleport in from a world in which Brian Wilson rents out the lock-up garage where Pet Sounds was recorded. When Pickled Egg bands turn up, he sprinkles them with his genius dust and then sits behind his piano smiling while they get on with it. 100 Pets recorded ten tracks of low drama with the exceptional clarity of a Steve Albini production and the impression that this is the ghost of a Galaxie 500 record. Brian Wilson just smiled' [Robots and Electronic Brains] 'Wise Old Cat demonstrates the beauty of Brighton-based Sam Dook's delightful acoustic arrangements, but with a rousing twist towards the end of the track. Already likened to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and, most notably, Nick Drake, this first 100 Pets release is a simple but timeless composition' [Feedback Monitor]