With 'Homesick' The Amateurs demonstrate that they are far from being beginners; 'Homesick' is a richly worked song that's got massive commerciality and totally belies their name.
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With 'Homesick' The Amateurs demonstrate that they are far from being beginners; 'Homesick' is a richly worked song that's got massive commerciality and totally belies their name.
Driven by crisp, pointed, metronomic 'percussion', sensitively appointed bass, bright guitars and subtle keyboards, 'Homesick' is stacked out with musical professionalism. Impassioned, crystal clear vocals bring the words beautifully to the fore and paint the picture as if with broad, brisk brush strokes.
'Homesick' is accompanied here by two more similarly impressively turned out indie rockers in 'London Sky' and 'Mystery Thing'. Both suitably charged and up for the job either as 'B' sides or actually good enough to be the frontrunner. Birmingham indie rocksters The Amateurs show class and quality; their sound is full, rich and exciting and The Amateurs unified 'ear' for a good pop/rock song is as good as anybody's.
'Homesick' clearly shows that The Amateurs fully deserve a place in the 'mainstream' music scene; commerciality combined with a signature sound is a rare thing but The Amateurs seem to have it in abundance. 'Homesick' by The Amateurs is surely strong enough to allow The Amateurs to move several rungs up the success ladder and their strength in depth is further highlighted by the two accompanying tracks that suggest The Amateurs are gonna be a full-on force on the albums front too! Impressive work this from The Amateurs - cool but commercial, individual yet openly poptastic.
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