Wednesday 15th December 2010

CHARLES HURTS – “FUSS GANG”

Is Northern Ireland just a factory line of brokenhearted boys with impossible desires?

Because, like Girls Names, newly formed Belfast three piece Charles Hurts shake with the fear of being left on the shelf, that vocal warble the grain of emotional discontent. There’s a voice here to be swept along by, even as it swims in its own desperation.

If that sounds a little familiar, then I’ve sold it short. It’s the singer not the song. But when allayed with this song too? Well that’s very heaven itself. Heaven left on a shelf.

DOWNLOAD: Charles Hurts – “Fuss Gang”

(Photo: Vicki King)