The Boy From Space
Universal EP
Thursday 8th of October 2009
By Steve
After signing a deal with New York label, Sunset Records and subsequently dropping straight back off after a disagreement over album artwork, The Boy From Space have gone it alone and released Universal EP on their own Interstella Sounds label.
It starts off strong with 'Come Home' - an unusual arty acoustic-led track with a few surprises. 'Le Transmission Terminale' is a strange fairground track with an accordion and an odd sounding vocal. 'Where People Are Going To Be' is a bouncy song that has hints of The Divine Comedy and 'Easy Origins' is a cinematic composition with scuzzy vocals and, eventually, a really good beat.
The vocal is far from the strong point of this record and will perhaps be the one thing that prevents mass appeal for The Boy From Space, but if they added a sweet vocal to their record they'd probably sound a bit too much like Sixpence None The Richer. This is a band aiming for the left-field so they won't be disappointed that a lot of people won't get it. Those that do get it will be avid fans.
Official Rating
We rated this record 2.5 out of 5.
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