NAME: Ian McNabb
ALBUM: Great Things
YEAR: 2010 (March 29th)
LABEL: Fairfield Records
RATING: 1/5
FIVE WORD REVIEW: Really NOT very great things.
LOCATION: Liverpool, UK
LINE UP: Ian McNabb (vocals) / Various instrumentalists
WHAT’S THE STORY?: A cringing parody of the 1980s that seems to play forever.
SOUNDS LIKE: Imagine that journey to visit relatives when you’re a kid. Your parents playing their bland music which just drag on and on. And every so often you get the odd songs on the radio that crush your soul. Remember? If not, Ian McNabb will bring these Radio 2 traffic jams back to mind. Ian can play a guitar well enough to remind the listener of some Pink Floyd records, yet every track on ‘Great Things’ is the worst part of every song you never liked. One depressing straw fed ballad after another that you wouldn’t subject a retirement home to. The diluted, toned down guitar work gives just enough presence, while the crowded production is a frantic effort to make up for something else that lacks. With no strong features, it sounds tired. No, exhausted. It sounds like Ian spend more time looking at people than playing guitar, and more time producing his songs than writing them.
YOU’LL LIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE: Valium and Magic FM
LINKS: Official Website // MySpace
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