Back in the 90’s, long before the internet became what it is today, the only way to find half decent new music in my home town was to spend countless hours sitting on your arse in front of the tv glued to Much Music.
Sook-Yin Lee introduced me to Hayden and The Folk Implosion on one of those sunny summer days when I should have been at the beach. This was my first real introduction to “lo-fi”. The Folk Implosion didn’t really make a mark, but Hayden did. My son’s middle name is Hayden.
Regardless, Penny Blacks featuring one of the guys from Hospital Grade is in that lo-fi vein, but in sound quality only. These are great slow relaxing pop songs. Reminds me of the first Two Hours Traffic EP but not as whiney. There is a definite maturity spoken in the quality of the songwriting here.
Regret, Regret is a seriously solid debut. I look forward to hear more from The Penny Blacks, and wish I didn’t have to sass the last show here in town.
It's a pretty record. One that I wish I had made myself.
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