Play 90 second soundbite of 'Calling It Wrong' @ 'CD quality'
Five piece, The Shermans, err towards the poppier side of rock and the three tracks here, 'Calling It Wrong', 'Smile Has Gone' and 'Wendy', are all charmingly sing-alongable and loaded with hooks as big as fishing gaffs. As commercial as f**k and as likeable as hell, 'Calling It Wrong' and its 'B' sides get the job done without having to rely on too many gimmicks. Scotland's The Shermans have that typically British feel to them; the same sort of British-ness that Ray Davies and The Kinks had way back when and just look how influential they turned out to be!
Every song here sounds totally honest and gig-friendly - I'm sure Messrs Aitcheson (vocals), Middleton (guitar), Kerr (guitar), McDonald (bass) and Cumming (drums) could replicate these works to the absolute note in the live scenario. It's all just straightforward pop/rock done with simplistic precision, professionalism and a great underlying sense of good-time one-ness. The Shermans appear to have it all sorted, done, dusted, wrapped up and polished to a brilliant shine.
'Calling It Wrong' by The Shermans has all the potential to be a biggie for these guys - surely the start of massive things to come!!
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