To introduce themselves Stateside, UK’s The Hours combined the best songs of their first two albums (“Narcissus Road” and “See This Light”) on one album and called it “It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish”. So while it’s not technically a new album, it will all sound new to a lot of people out there. Well, you might already know the song “Ali In The Jungle” from the ‘human chain’ ad Nike did a while back.
Anyway, The Hours specialize in the kind of uplifting pop anthems that Coldplay seems to have down pat. There are your upbeat cuts like “Big Black Hole” and “Narcissus Road”, but they’ll just as well turn things down a notch in tracks such as “Back When You Were Good” and “Come On”. Whatever they do, you can count on them building up momentum with the help of some sweet piano lines and the earnest vocals of Anthony Genn. If you’re a fan of Britpop, I’m sure you could be a lot worse off than listening to “It’s Not How You Start, It’s How You Finish”.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
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