A small hype has already arisen in England around the five-piece Gay Dad. Not surprising when you consider that the singer of the band is the former music journalist Cliff Jones. So you can assume that he knows how to get his own band in the spotlight. The debut CD Leisure Noise is filled with cheerful sounding, but not very innovative Britpop. That Jones has a journalistic background is reflected
… in the choice of some song titles. Oh Jim was named after a song with the same title on Lou Reeds Berlin, Joy is named after an album of the same title by The Palace Brothers while Dimstar was named after one of Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore solo projects The Dim Stars. The first eight of the ten songs in total, from the fast with a heavenly sounding glockenspiel starting Dimstar to radio-friendly poppy songs with beautiful choirs like Oh Jim and Pathfinder would not be out of place in the charts in the Netherlands. (CK)more
