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| Music,
Shwan Hamidi,
20 January 1999 |
Rating: F4
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After hearing Liquid Skin for the first time, I knew the five Mercury Prize Winning Boys were definitely onto another winner. Their debut album "Bring It On" reached Platinum with over 300,000 sales, and the new album is stronger, richer and this time, it’s not recorded in a garage.
Gomez are satisfied with just making good music. While we get to know other bands through unrelated interviews, Gomez seem to be hidden by a "Radiohead" like curtain, yet with Ben Otwell's husky Marlboro smoking voice and Ian Ball strumming the guitar, they have succeeded in making a very recognisable sound, and one which is starting to be heard in America.
You get the impression that the 5 Lancashire lads are confidently smiling throughout Liquid Skin, as they quietly scream their gawky, speccy blues rock, we just can’t help listening. From the very beginning of "Revolutionary Kind" you feel transported into their world of scratchy Blues and comforting ballads. Otwell’s hypnotic, soothing whale in "Rosalita" made me smile, shiver, and want to drink whisky. The soft, and my favourite "Rhythm And Blues Alibi" is almost arrogantly delivered, yet makes the album soar.
Sit back, light up and flick to track 8.
Enjoy.
Hut
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