Albums : Veronica Falls : Waiting For Something To Happen
Albums : Veronica Falls : Waiting For Something To Happen
Listen To Veronica Falls : Waiting For Something To Happen
Listen To Veronica Falls : Waiting For Something To Happen
Who is Veronica Falls?
Sexy Kids bandmates Roxanne Clifford and Patrick Doyle teamed up with James Hoare of Your Twenties (whom they met, in true indie pop fashion, at a Comet Gain show) and their friend Marion Herbain to form Veronica Falls in 2009. Similar to Sexy Kids, Veronica Falls' pop-oriented, reverb-kissed tunes were rooted in mid-'80s influences like the Shop Assistants and the Chills but also found them in line with noisy, poppy contemporaries like Grass Widow and Vivian Girls. Their first two singles ("Found Love in a Graveyard" and "Beachy Head") were released in 2010 by Captured Tracks and garnered plenty of positive reviews. Their first album was recorded with Guy Fixsen (who worked with My Bloody Valentine and Moose in the '80s), and Ash Workman (who worked with 2010s groups like Metronomy and Summer Camp), the end result sounding like a perfect blend of the eras. Preceded by the single "Bad Feeling" in August of 2011, Veronica Falls was released in September of that same year on Slumberland in the U.S. and Bella Union in the E.U. After touring the world for most of the year, the band returned to the airwaves in November of 2012 with a new single "Teenage." They followed it up in early 2012 with the release of the Rory Attwell (Male Bonding, the Vaccines) co-produced album Waiting for Something to Happen.
Waiting For Something To Happen Review
A second album called Waiting For Something To Happen might be asking for trouble. Thankfully, second-album syndrome has bypassed the London four-piece Veronica Falls. On the latest collection, the band delivers a seamless selection of 13 brisk tunes that are instantly hummable. The earlier gothic shackles and preoccupations with death have given way to a gentler exploration of life, as teens give way to twenties. So, despite the literal connection with death, the exhortation to “Bury me alive… I wanna get sick / I wanna catch everything you’ve ever caught” in “Buried Alive” is all to do with moving on.
If the lyrical content shows development, so too has the music grown equally more refined. Guitar, bass, and drums blend agreeably to convey a super-tight, economical sound. Vocalist Roxanne Clifford coos in a sweet, matter-of-fact way while the boys in the band frequently rephrase Clifford’s lead lines harmonically to emphasize their points. If there’s a weakness, it feels too controlled — like you actually are waiting for something dynamic to happen within the songs. That kind of injection is something that the similarly-armed Magic Numbers have mastered and points at somewhere Veronica Falls could go next.
That said, there is plenty to admire about the record. From the chiming chords of first cut “Tell Me” to the civilized break-up story of the album closer, “Last Conversation”, it plays out like a soundtrack to a rite-of-passage road movie set across a wide, open plain. Along the way the band delivers a succession of sparkling melodies in wistful yet grounded indie-pop songs that are satisfying enough for you not to want to change stations along the route.
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