HC-B "Soundcheck For A Missing Movie" – Music Musings and Miscellany

Excerpt: “Mostly instrumental, the record has more in common with the likes of Do Make Say Think and Grails than it does with the hoards of quiet-loud merchants. They’re not afraid to lift the pace higher than the usual stately plod, either. Album highlight ‘Hot Afternoon In The Bulls’ Square’ comes in with a military snare drum clatter and a driving bass line redolent of Pink Floyd’s ‘One Of These Days’. With the melody driven by the horns, it’s refreshingly direct… ‘Crystal Lane’ starts all shoegazy, but then ends like Led Zeppelin, with some Bonhamesque tubthumping and some gloriously paleolithic riffing. ‘Missing Movie’ is a fittingly raucous finale… Certainly HC-B have more about them than most in their field. Soundcheck For A Missing Movie isn’t totally consistent, but at its best it’s terrific.”

Music Musings and Miscellany