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FROM THE CLIFFS is the ambitious debut EP from motley British quartet Guillemots. Blending catchy pop tunes with audio-verite realism, the band achieves that rare balance of songwriting craft and odd, yet thoroughly charming experimentation. Fyfe Dangerfield's endearingly honest, whisper-to-a-wail vocal performance provides a perfect foil for the music. Jauntily skipping from lounge jazz one minute, to breezy 1960s pop the next, Guillemots have penned a Technicolor dream of a record.
Guillemots: MC Lord Magrao (guitar); Aristazabal Hawkes (double bass); Rican Caol (drums); Fyfe Dangerfield.
Recording information: 2005.
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