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Album Review

Sister Vanilla
Little Pop Rock Chemikal Underground

Article written by Ged M - Apr 29, 2007

If you were excited by the news of the Jesus and Mary Chain reformation for Coachella, Meltdown and the like, it�s already happened on �Little Pop Rock�, and the person responsible is Jim and William�s little sister Linda, the titular Sister Vanilla. All the songs are credited to one or more of the Reid clan (bar one written by Ben Lurie), all of them play on the record and they share vocal duties on a number of songs. These connections aren�t unconscious; on �K To Be Lost�, Linda sings: �Honey�s Dead, Psychocandy, I listen to them all the time�. The record might be a tribute but it�s one whose energy and quality places it far above pastiche. The single, �Can�t Stop the Rock� is a long, loping rock�n�roll groove that brings to mind �Sidewalking� while �Kissaround� suggests those Jim Reid/ Hope Sandoval duets set to a reverb-y Americana backing. As a tangential tribute, the elegantly meandering opener �Pastel Blue� is a hymn to Glasgow�s finest shambolists - �I didn�t listen to what was said/ I had the Pastels playing in my head� - and Stephen Pastel returns the favour on �The Two of Us� where he duets with Linda on a tale of indiekid love. The album is full of great pop moments thanks to � but not solely because of � the JAMC tie-in.

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