Sisters and brother Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Durham make music that was originally popular long before their birth. Rhythm & blues, ska, rock and roll and (a little bit) soul are the main influences on the albums of the three, with an authentic sounding retro sound as a result. That earned them a large number of fans, such as Mick Jones (guitarist for The Clash), who was responsible for the
… production of The Third, indeed Kitty, Daisy & Lewis' third album. Also on The Third, the siblings Durham bring the listener back to a bygone era, somewhere from the period just before the breakthrough of pop music, with swinging songs full of wind instruments and strings, somewhere between Pokey Lafarge, Nick Waterhouse and Amy Winehouse. Yet now and then some more modern influences seep through, such as in Feeling Of Wonder, that even sounds a bit funky thanks to a clavinet, or in Whiskey, that proves that the sitar and tablas are not only selected for the nice cover photo. (IV)more
