The #zot2017 review today offers you an album that was suggested to me by none other than @heartshapedbox.

Ulrika Spacek - Modern English Decoration (Tough Love, June 02, 2017)

The second album in two years from Ulrika Spacek, an alternative rock band from Reading in Berkshire, which formed in Berlin before returning to England and moving together to an apartment in East London, where they also record their albums. "Modern English Decoration" (Tough Love), released while the iron is hot, last June 2017, is what I would call a nice little piece of alternative rock that prefers the song format and does not transcend melodic content during its composition. The references mostly point to experiences in the alternative music world of the nineties. I think of the usual Sonic Youth, from whom they surely took a bit of that verve and the more pop side, the same goes for Radiohead, while among more recent bands I would mention Deerhunter. The album is overall quite enjoyable; at least I believe I appreciated it as a kind of "break" amidst more complex releases, whereas here you can simply close your eyes and let yourself be rocked by the swaying and convincing melodies of Rhys Edwards and his mates: a band that I would ultimately define as "inviting." Perhaps a bit of a crowd-pleaser, but they make music that, all in all, works.

Ulrika Spacek - 'Silvertonic' (Official Video)