Peel

Description

The English duo of Rebekah Beck Wood and John Ridgard release new album Peel, the bands second album.

Apparently marked by Coves shift from Leamington Spa to London, the new album is seemingly split between fury and misery.

Following the celebrated release of debut Soft Friday in 2014, Beck ran into producer Cam Blackwood (George Ezra, London Grammar). Keen to work with the band, he took the home recordings that Beck and John had made during red wine holidays at Johns East London spare room studio to Studio Voltaire in Clapham and honed the pop side until it was as sharp as their psychedelic garage edge. The result was a second album, completed in October 2015 and cleaner, harder and just as fiery as ever.

Coves make crisp, inspiring rock music with a shoegaze edge Stormy is an almost ludicrously contagious return, with the sighing melody matched by a biting lyric. Clash

Bolshie choruses buoyed the Leamington duos woozy Mazzy Star obsessions, giving them a punk edge that many bands with the same set of influences (you can add The Jesus And Mary Chain and The Raveonettes to Hope Sandovals troupe) simply dont ever come close to having. It all made for a thrilling ride, and one that theyve gone even further on with comeback single Stormy NME

White vinyl format includes digital download code.