Italian quartet re-imagines British pop-rock and American folk-rock
This Italian quartet formed in 2006, gigging around and playing the International Pop Overthrow festival in 2008. Their music combines both modern and vintage British pop-rock with a strong dose of American folk rock. There are strong echoes of the Beau Brummels (and Bob Dylan and P.F. Sloan) in the harmonica and harmony of “I’ve Got You on My Mind,†and elsewhere you can hear the Kinks, Beatles and pre-DSOTM Pink Floyd. Lest you think the Vickers are faddish, card-carrying, vintage-clothes-wearing retroists, their rhythm guitars have the force of current Britrock and the production is clean and modern. Their English-language lyrics and 1960s antecedents will make this debut album easy for throwback fans to enjoy, but those listening to contemporary rock bands should also give this a spin [©2009 hyperbolium dot com] 