Snap from the band's Myspace album.

Here’s a band I’ve been vaguely following for a while.  They’re based mainly in Oxford, I think, and are a really promising outfit.  I reviewed their last EP over at The Line of Best Fit a while back, and have done the same again for their new record – the resulting article should be up in the near future, I assume.

Parts are a little shaky – the bass work is particularly annoying, and I find myself wanting to scream at the bassist to tone down some of the complexity and put down his bloody plectrum.  Some of the songs could do to go a little further than they do, as well.  But largely, I really, really like them.  It’s just so dreamy and pretty, and the newly introduced male/female vocals work brilliantly.  I love how fragile it all is – as if a gust of wind would break every piece of every song.  Hugely evocative, vulnerable and emotive stuff.

Here’s their Myspace.  Yes, I ventured onto Myspace for you lot.  Standout track on there is probably Letters.  But do give the lot a listen.  I hope The Gullivers can refine their sound a little bit more.  If so, they could be on to a real winner.