Wednesday 11.07.07: Indie 103.1 presents CLUB NME with THE THRILLS, SMALL SINS, ROCK & ROLL (from France)

The Thrills || Listen

Conor’s lovelorn croak is as adorable as ever, Daniel Ryan’s guitars twangle dreamily, Kevin Horan’s keyboards have finally been proved by DNA testing to be descended from the piano that Brian Wilson wrote ‘California Girls’ on, and there’s still a banjo player hunkered around a bonfire in some distant corner of the studio. No alarms, no surprises – the Klaxons remixes are noticeable by their absence and it clearly never crossed anybody’s mind to put a call in to Dizzee Rascal – ‘Teenager’ is simply more wonderful, bittersweet laze-pop of a hue at which The Thrills have become grand masters. ‘The Midnight Choir’ adds backwards guitars and a classical harpsichord tint that’s almost Meat Loafian, the barrelling pop aceness of ‘This Year’ seems to have hijacked Bob Dylan’s touring harmonica truck and ‘I’m So Sorry’ couldn’t be more ‘Born To Run’ if it got itself a motorbike and a job in a New Jersey steelworks. – NME

with:
Small Sins || Listen
Rock and Roll (from France)