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:: Never Say Goodnight  Ref: COOKCD327
 
 
 
Never Say Goodnight

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"Poppy, summery love songs written and with a feeling for evocative melody and harmony, and performed with engaging warmth." - Classic Rock 7/10

The HaveNots - Liam Dullaghan, 24 and Sophia Marshall, 21 - will be releasing "Never Say Goodnight" their second album (but their first for Cooking Vinyl) on Monday 23rd May.

The HaveNots have been labelled many things; indie folk, power pop, alt.country, emo. Perhaps because of their distinctive vocal harmonies people want to pitch them as the new Gram and Emmylou. However with their new album "Never Say Goodnight", they defy expectation with a gorgeous record of poppy summery love songs and sad sweet laments.

Heralding a pop direction, with pianos and synthesisers fleshing out the hummable melodies, the album is a love story set in modern Britain - where the kids hold down a McJob and just "hang around all day waiting to get paid", dreaming of escape, as do The HaveNots on the song "Up like Stairways" - a simple folk song that somehow ends up as twisted electronica. The recent single Flyers has an irresistible pop sensibility that reminds you of The Lemonheads, whilst Sweetest Feeling is a full-on, no apologies rock song featuring a Sophia Marshall vocal that recalls Fleetwood Mac at their peak.

Says Dullaghan, "It's a romantic love album. It's that staying up all night feeling … I want this to be a make-out record for young lovers". Yet the album is also shot through with a hopelessness and charm that recalls both the innocence of Phil Spector's early teen-symphonies and the angst of The Smiths.

The album was recorded in Leicester (the bands home town) and New York with American artiste Chris Mills (Loose records) helping out with production. To promote its release, the band will be doing the following UK dates in May:

The HaveNots played their first show in 2002, and within a year, they had released their first album "Bad Pennies". A gruelling live schedule saw them criss-cross the UK many times, opening for bands like The Sadies (Yep Roc), living out of a van and sleeping in railway stations. They began to gather acclaim and fascination from those who heard them, perhaps as much for their unpredictable live shows as for their heartbreaking harmonies. High profile shows followed - support slots at the Union Chapel and numerous appearances at The Borderline. They threw in a head turning performance at the Summer Sundae Festival, and their album was picked up by New York indie label Powerless Pop and a couple of US tours followed. When the band played at the 2004 SXSW festival in Austin Texas, the Austin Chronicle said "Forget the Thrills, rejoice instead about the HaveNots".

When asked to sum up "Never Say Goodnight" Liam says "it's Drop n Roll - like rock n roll only sadder". Whatever it might be Liam and Sophia have created a fabulous pop record that's hard to tire of hearing, let's hope we never say good night to The HaveNots.
 


 


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