The 'Burn
Sally O'Mattress

THE REVIEW

Condor stops by my house, hands me this CD and says, "You're gonna like these guys for sure." We exchange something and he leaves...

I put these five guys in the player, open my ears and listen carefully. It doesn't take long to understand that 'Burn' are English (from Blackburn, indeed), it doesn't take long to find clear references in the album with Oasis, Verve, Doves, Stone Roses, and it doesn't take long to say that they're not ashamed to highlight their love for the great (?) English masters of the '90s.

The songs play, and I'm struck by their sound and that fresh, mature, elaborate brit-pop, as if it has undergone a transformation while remaining the same.
(Mick Spencer's voice) stretches and drags the syllables, almost as if wanting to imitate Liam Gallagher... I could choose with my eyes closed which could be the first single, as all the songs have a melodic chorus that would stick in the mind even of Coppino... It would be reductive to talk about just a few songs, so I'll just tell you this CD deserves to be listened to in its entirety. (NB: they're not commercial).

It's an album for those who have always appreciated the British tradition and for those nostalgic for the beautiful refined melody made in the UK.
They won't save British rock at all, it will never be the manifesto of 21st-century music, but I appreciate it for its compactness, for its homogeneity, and for the artistic touch they managed to give to "Sally O' Mattress".

After Music and Coral, here comes another solid face of the new British generation.
Goodbye De-Baser, we'll talk in September... (rating 3.5 because they're too much of copycats).