The
next sentence will not make for pleasant reading. Johnny Borrell. (Told you.)
Now imagine if that sentence followed you around wherever you went. Grim, I
know. Given that he is only one album deep into his solo career, these
unfortunate circumstances is what Andy Burrows has to deal with. Every. Day.
Case in point: The words ‘Andy Burrows’ means very little to you. The words
‘the ex-drummer of Razorlight’ mean considerably more. This is by no means to
say that Burrows is content with barely having a name for himself, though, far
from it. In an attempt to put his name on the musical map, for example, this
album around he’s chosen to fly under his own name rather than his previous I
Am Arrows moniker. And, if Company is
anything to go by, he’s also trying to make his own musically speaking; some songs on the album could not be more
different to the Razorlight of old. It’s all very grandiose (strings are a
predominant feature, for example), unfortunately too much so at some points – Hometown is sickly-sweet, whilst Maybe You, bizarrely, could well have
fitted into Funny Looking Angels, a
Christmas album produced in collaboration with Editors’ Tom Smith. Although
there is the odd good moment (the razzmatazz towards the latter stages of
recent single Because I Know That I Can
was a pleasant surprise), it’s all a bit too mopey.
3/5
3/5
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