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| Track List: 1. Only Dust Behind 2. Dear John 3. Kings & Queens Running time: 8 minutes Released: 2012 |
So it turns out there were a load of Allo Darlin' B-sides and E.P.s available on Bandcamp. I had never checked before, but now have a handful of new tunes, including this set.
I have never heard two of the three tracks before this but it starts very breezily, if quietly. Only Dust Behind is charming enough but there it is lacking something I cannot quite put my finger on. Dear John is a little poppier, more sparkle to the guitar. The vocal is uncharacteristically subdued in places though and it is not amongst their better songs.
Kings & Queens (written with the ampersand here) is a version of a tune which appears on We Come From the Same Place. It is significantly different to the album version, much more raw and possibly a little more catchy.
Overall these 3 tracks are pretty standard examples of Allo Darlin' tracks in terms of construction and, as I like what that tends to mean, I like these tunes. I would not hold any of them up amongst my favourites but all three made me smile, which is a good thing on a cold, wet day.
I have never heard two of the three tracks before this but it starts very breezily, if quietly. Only Dust Behind is charming enough but there it is lacking something I cannot quite put my finger on. Dear John is a little poppier, more sparkle to the guitar. The vocal is uncharacteristically subdued in places though and it is not amongst their better songs.
Kings & Queens (written with the ampersand here) is a version of a tune which appears on We Come From the Same Place. It is significantly different to the album version, much more raw and possibly a little more catchy.
Overall these 3 tracks are pretty standard examples of Allo Darlin' tracks in terms of construction and, as I like what that tends to mean, I like these tunes. I would not hold any of them up amongst my favourites but all three made me smile, which is a good thing on a cold, wet day.
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