Like more good ideas, the plan for the group Brakes was born in the pub, in the Palmer's Bar in Brighton to be precise. British Sea Power vocalist and guitarist Eamon Hamilton had just given a solo performance here and during the follow-up the brothers Tom (guitar) and Alex (drums) White of The Electric Soft Parade offered their services. In just a week, the debut Give Blood (2005) was recorded in
… which a certain rattling and open-mindedness only added to the sound - a satisfying hybrid of britpop and country punk. For this successor, the group went to work more ambitiously and went to Nashville to record under the direction of producer Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes). The Beatific Vision therefore sounds tighter and more ambitious than its predecessor and excels in classic songs such as Mobile Communication and If I Should Die Tonight. Serious and worn songs, which make the funny country punk outings, where Hamilton often puts on a made, weird skipping voice, completely unnecessary. (MR)more
