IF Dave Davies' corduroy cap and suede jean jacket had a sound - this is it! Accurate appraisals of early 60s R&B and the playful end of Dixie jazz, coupled with a keen appreciation of Whitechapel music hall cheeky chappiness, render The Draytones' debut outing in a cloak of sonic colours not seen or heard for 45 years. Think about Love Me Do-era Beatles drinking tea with the pre-fame Kinks as Pete 'n' Carlos serve warm buttered muffins while grooving to The Stairs.
Argentinian singer Gabriel apparently moved from Buenes Aires to Muswell Hill to be closer to the cradle of Kink-dom and the results are clearly audible on the smart-drug fret frenzy of Out of the World, the trad daddio romp of Time and the scuzzy garage-urchin fizz of Keep Loving Me.
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