- Label
- Vertigo
- Release date
- 26th May 2008
- Genre
- Indie/pop
- Buy this album
- Order CD
Razorlight drummer's solo debut raising funds for children's hospice Naomi House
The list of drummers who have stepped out from their kits to launch solo singing careers is far from illustrious - Ringo, Phil Collins, Micky Dolenz, Roger Taylor, er... - but to this list we must now add Razorlight's tub thumper Andy Burrows.
Here is an album that could not be more different than his day job - no rock'n'roll histrionics here just short sweet acoustic pop. Lo-fi (it was recorded in his flat using GarageBand) and subtle. The album features 11 strum-along songs all of around a minute in length with words taken from the poems of a neighbour of Burrows', back from when he was growing up in Winchester.
Burrows' voice is surprisingly good - like a warm, intimate British version of Elliott Smith - and lends itself perfectly to the charming and funny childhood themes of Teacher Goodbye, Big Chief Grandad and Boxes. It's all over before you've had time to drink a cup of tea but all the lovelier for its brevity.
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