The once hotly tipped Glaswegians, with a poppier sound and a new female co-vocalist, could finally be on the cusp of a breakthrough
The old adage about the tortoise and the hare doesn’t apply much to current pop, where careers can be written off as early as a debut album. However, Glasgow’s Errors may yet become the exception that proves the rule. Famously branded “the sound of the future” by Alan McGee in 2010, the band have managed five albums for Mogwai’s Rock Action label, without ever looking likely to make the leap to bigger venues. After years of making mostly instrumental, leftfield “post-electro”, the addition of Cecilia Stamp as a guest vocalist alongside Stephen Livingstone coincides with a new, prettier, pop sound, with echoes of New Order and early Simple Minds.
Although melancholy synthesiser and guitar instrumentals still feature, newer songs such as the unashamedly lovely Slow Rotor and New Winged Fire point to a fascinating crossroads, where one avenue leads back to the underground and the other to the chart domain of the likes of Years & Years and Bastille.
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by Dave Simpson via Electronic music | The Guardian
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