EP review: The Understudies – Wanting Vs Getting
In an Indie world where lo-fi is the order of the day, it’s nice to occasionally hear something a bit less scuzzy and a little more polished. Fortunately The Understudies are here to fulfil that need with their beautifully crafted indiepop. The quartet, who hail from London and Glasgow, count two singers, a boy (Brian) and a girl (Bree) in their midst and employ a variety of instruments, including a glockenspiel, violin and tambourine. Using everything at their disposal to magnificent effect, they have produced a full rich sound that sits somewhere between the Beautiful South and the Tindersticks. On ‘Wanting Vs Getting’, the bands third proper release, the vocal duties are split across the four tracks with Bree taking lead on ‘Signals Passed At Danger’ and Brian taking lead on the others. All four tracks are gorgeous, and like having four children that you can’t choose between because you have to pretend to love them all equally, you know deep down you have a favourite and in this instance mine has to be ‘My Life Is Not A French Film’ if only for the title! Beautifully packaged too! 9/10
Mark Cousens
Out now on Oddbox records
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