LABEL FANDANGO
Whole Town's Heart - Whole Town's Heart
Redtrack
Album
13 September 2010
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MP3: £7.90
CD: £9.99


Whole Town's Heart is the debut album by REDTRACK. It is chewy and tuneful and, with its smalltown panic attacks and punchy new wave melodic jabs, sees them nodding towards the classic Britpopesque heritage of Weller, Difford and Costello. Small wonder then that punkoid peer Pete Shelley from The Buzzcocks was so enamoured with the REDTRACK tracks that he co-produced (alongside Dave M Allen) their last single, Poledancer, which appears on this here album. That isn't the only celebrity light shining on Whole Town's Heart, as it features a feisty guest appearance from Hollyoaks starlet Hollie Jay Bowes on Pretty Boy, a spin-off from the band's recent performance on the show. Whole Town's Heart is also the first ever album release on Label Fandango, the Pointy Recordings / fierce panda offshoot which has previously concentrated on ace singles by the likes of Broken Records, Fanfarlo, Air Traffic and more. And frankly it is a miracle that this record even exists seeing as how three years ago bassist Phil Blake was attacked with an airgun and a meat cleaver and so badly hurt that he needed microsurgery on severed tendons in his arm. That he is back playing is a testament to his spirit in the face of potentially crippling adversity. Certainly the printed press and television stations have recently been fascinated by his recovery. And seeing REDTRACK live you can see why his band mates downed instruments and waited for him to recover, for they are tightknit quartet of tautest order. As for that somewhat daring reference to Girls Aloud and The Clash? Listen to current single The Trier and try to keep those blue suede shoes from moving at these shows here:
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