| All Our Good Friends: Promise |
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Contributed By: Josh DaNewYork
Created On: Tuesday, 18 December 2007 Hits: 104  Promise With his album 'Promise' already warmly received following a low key, digital only release earlier this year in the autumn, critics have already championed Daukes as a singer songwriter in the proper sense. A mixture somewhere between the solemn innocence of a young David Essex and the seamless emotive and thought provoking qualities of a solo version of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Daukes has appeal across the board. His main influence during much of the nineties, the track has all the hallmarks of 'OK Computer's' 'Karma Police' beginning with sweetly melodic acoustics that eventually merge into a riot of electrically charged tubular guitars. Things start to go a little dark on 'Long Enough To Bring You Back' with deep mono tone vocals, the spirit of the Stone Roses crossed with the instrumentation from The Wombats next release 'Moving To New York' merge to form the perfect formula. Daukes style is something he has worked on for many a year and his tracks certainly do draw influences from across the board but what's lacking with this album is that vital spark, the thing that is key in setting it apart from all the other lo-fi indie rocker albums. All in all a sound attempt but unlikely to be a frequent recipient of your attentions time and time again.   {mos_ri} Share this article to:        |
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