excellant as always Richards Snow always gives a first class performance.

There's no doubting that Richard Snow comes from the school of sixties pop. His self-titled debut album starts off with the gorgeous choral piece 'The Sweetest' full of lush harmony and an obvious homage to Brian Wilson's 'Our Prayer' which was slated to start the lost Beach Boys album 'Smile'. Wilson's influence is all over the album and it continues to exert its effect on second track 'Coming Soon'; prominent basslines and handclaps get things going as Snow weaves an intricate pattern segueing in and out of various sections. The production is superb throughout drawing parallels with fellow Wilson aficionado Sean Hagan of the High Llamas. 'Real' has a more guitar orientated approach with echoes of REM . 'Attention Not Required' follows bringing a somber feel to proceedings with the chorus "goodbye friend I got to go" delivered plaintively over precision fitted sounds. 'Pretty Picture' is less convincing and does not offer the now expected snow hook-line. Things get back to normal quickly though with 'Red Song' a nice jangly guitar pop song ala teenage fanclub with its breezy energetic melody injecting hooks galore. The album finishes as it started with a reprise of 'The Sweetest' adding lyrics this time round. It’s a great way to end things as the song is really a mindblower; layers of harmony and spector style percussion compete with harpsichord and ethereal effects making the finest track of the album. If you like your pop music sweet, sincere and sparkling check this out!

Review from the Fufkin website; Many fufkin site readers may have already been familiar with the self-titled disc that Richard Snow released in 2001. Friends, it took me almost four years to discover this gem - but it has stood the “test of time” very well. This should have been in Top Ten lists for 2001. The opening and closing tracks have a timeless Beach Boy quality; and the nine tracks in between flirt with sounding like Richard X. Heyman and Arthur Lee/Love. “Real,” “Pretty Picture” and “Spiral” are chock full of cascading 12-string riffs. Other tracks simply chime. This is one more magnificent example of how much better an indie pop artist can be than his more commercial counterparts. Long may you run, Sir Richard! Reproduced by kind permission from Eric Sorensen

To say this record by Britan's Richard Snow is a throwback to calssic, 'retro' style songwriting would be both accuate and misleading. This is truely a unique work by an artist who wears his influences on his sleeve while at the same time retaining his own voice. From a purely technical standpoint, you can't do much better than this record. Snow pretty much played and sang every note by himself (which by the way is almost pitch perfect). For the casual listener who may not be able to appreciate Snow's technical prowess, this record also has tons of feeling. This album will quite frankly make you feel good even during the more somber numbers like "Attention Not Required" Truely a welcome offering reminding us of a time when melody, harmony and craftmanship were important ingredients in popular music. Here's hoping Richard Snow makes a big splash. Check out "Coming Soon (Going So Fast)" and "The Sweetest" Jeff Celentano-Tripsitter