Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl

Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl
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Label/Cat#: Hut Rec. CDHUT 82 | Country/Year: Europe 2003
Genre: Folk Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded/Filepost

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Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl

Label: Hut Recordings
Catalog#: CDHUT 82
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2003
Genre: Pop, Rock, Folk

Tracklist:

1 That Girl
2 Stay Here Close To Me
3 Inappropiate
4 When You Were Here
5 Monday Morning
6 Garden Of Dreams
7 Somebody Else’s Girl
8 Heavy Boots
9 Never In A Million Years
10 Blank White Sheet

Companies etc:

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Label Code: LC03098
Barcode: 724359094328

Review

by Johnny Loftus

Stephanie Kirkham’s debut is a collection of nicely appointed folk-pop tunes, her whispery lilt and acoustic strum accompanied nicely by subtle electronic programming. The single “Inappropriate” fortifies that formula, weaving Kirkham’s charmingly accented flutter and the layers of backup harmonies around a piano hook break and rambling electric guitar. The result is catchy and polite, quite suggestive of the Corrs’ 2000 hit, “Breathless.” In fact, most of That Girl is catchy and polite, exceedingly so. The title cut tracks the Sundays through light electronics; Kirkham’s lyrics tell the usual modernist story of a strong-willed yet fussily romantic girl stuck in a relationship with a cute mechanic. Please open your diaries to page 36. Elsewhere, the delicate “When You Were Here” and “Never in a Million Years” threaten with each plink of synthesizer or codependent lyric to drift away, while the brooding “Blank White Sheet” seems to have wandered in from a Loreena McKennitt album. It’s in this way that That Girl is pretty, but also pretty referential. From “Monday Morning”‘s “Maybe his eyes will meet mine/You never know when your life might change” to “Your problems are not my problems anymore/After this I’ll change my number for sure” (from the Dido-ish electronic putter of “Somebody Else’s Girl”), That Girl turns back and forth between hoping for happiness and wishing it never came. It’s OK that Kirkham doesn’t have the answers. But her tools for asking the questions could use some sharpening. Still, she has an attractive if thin voice, and her music should be warm, shimmering, and inviting for fans of the genre. allmusicguide

 

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These Animal Men – Taxi for These Animal Men

These Animal Men – Taxi for These Animal Men
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Label/Cat#: Hut Rec. 7243 8 40277 2 8 | Country/Year: Europe 1995
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These Animal Men – Taxi For These Animal Men

Label: Hut Recordings
Catalog#: 7243 8 40277 2 8
Format: CD, EP
Country: Europe
Released: 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Brit Pop, Punk

Tracklist:

1 You’re Always Right 2:44
2 Nowhere Faces 4:04
3 My Human Remains 5:06
4 False Identification 3:16
5 Wait For It 8:33

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Amanda Mae
Engineer [Assistant] – Derek Fudge, Nick Kirkland, Richard Bottom
Piano – Matt Willis
Producer, Engineer, Organ [Hammond] – Dave Eringa
Written By [Lyrics] – Boag, Hewings
Written By [Music] – These Animal Men

Notes:

Track 5 contains hidden track “You’re Always Right”

Label Code: LC 3098

These Animal Men were an English band who achieved minor fame in the 1990s as part of the New Wave of New Wave before splitting up after releasing two albums, in 1998.
These Animal Men formed in Brighton circa 1990, signing to Hut Records, an offshoot of Virgin Records in 1993. They gained some notoriety with their first few singles, which featured drug references in both the sleeve artwork and the song lyrics.

Their first album (Come on Join) The High Society was described by the music press, notably the NME, as being part of the New Wave of New Wave, (alongside contemporaries S*M*A*S*H with whom they shared their first significant release, “Wheelers, Dealers, Christine Keelers”).[citation needed]

Although this press attention undoubtedly contributed to their initial success (including a spot on Top of the Pops) the band tried to distance themselves from this movement in interviews.[citation needed] This was perhaps because they realized that when the press interest moved on to the next big thing, Britpop they would be left behind.[citation needed]

After a three year hiatus, punctuated by only one EP, Taxi for These Animal Men, they returned with their second album in 1997, Accident and Emergency. Despite reported difficulties encountered during recording, including the firing of Hussey, Accident and Emergency received some critical acclaim, but little commercial success. In 1998, the band broke up.

Later in 1998, Boag, Hewings, Warnock and Hague formed “Mo Solid Gold” with a new singer, K, (a.k.a. K.A. Hepburn) taking over vocals from Boag and Hewings. The output, a hybrid of the TAM sound and Northern soul, was the 2001 album Brand New Testament released on EMI/Chrysalis records. Singles for the tracks “David’s Soul,” “Personal Saviour,” “Safe from Harm,” and the self-titled “Mo Solid Gold” followed, but despite initial good reviews, the group broke up less than a year later.

In 2007, Hewings and Boag formed the band The Orphans with drummer Kev (since replaced by Paul Emons) and producer/keyboardist Tim Howarth. The Orphans released their first album Muff, a blend of glam, punk and garage rock, in 2008 on the Hail Mary label.

The Orphans continue to gig and are currently putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to Muff.

Original TAM drummer Stevie is currently drumming with former Beta Band front man Steve Mason. wikipedia

 

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