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Album Review

The Hillfields
It’ll Never Be The Same Again Underused Records

Article written by Ged M - Oct 13, 2009

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The Hillfields: It’ll Never Be The Same Again
Having seen them on the indiepop circuit several times and heard their sold out release on Cloudberry Records, I thought I had a good handle on what the Hillfields’ debut album would sound like. However, the little silver disc that dropped through my door has a surprising unpredictability. Yes, there’s plenty of chiming guitars and clear echoes of 80s indiepoppers like the House of Love and June Brides but they’ve also absorbed the more introspective pop coming from New Zealand from the same time. There are some very classy/ classic indiepop moments, where the single ‘Afterburn’ and ‘No More No More’ are catchier than a Wookie at a Velcro convention; but their janglepop is bittersweet and shot through with a melancholy air (‘Lolife’), while ‘Medicated’ is swathed in feedback and ‘1953’ takes a darker post-punk road. It’s a perfectly balanced record – the right measure of ups and downs, light and shade, fast then elegantly slow - and the real depth of pop knowledge on display makes you want to return repeatedly to this very satisfying 39 minutes of indiepop gold.




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