Shuteye Unison sound a little like The Charlatans if they signed to Deep Elm rather than going down the baggy Manchester indie route. Maybe it’s me but the vocals sound a tonne like Tim Burgess. It must be me. Maybe I’m going deaf. Or I’m stupid. Anyway, this is a very atmospheric record, almost dream-like in places as the vocals whisper away in the background and the guitars, bass and drums create a hypnotic beat in the foreground. It’s good, but not great – I can see why a lot of people would enjoy this but it’s not taken as much of a hold on me as I’d hoped. ‘Tomorrow’s Five Horizons’ drifts along and builds and builds and builds but never quite reaches the crescendo you’d hope for. ‘Latin Metrics’ is very similar as the single parts all sound fantastic and the vocals do the job they are meant to but, in my opinion, it doesn’t quite hit the spot and the drift never turns into a bang. I’d just like some kind of outpouring of emotion, it’s like the band are content with bottling it all up. Either that or I enjoy louder music a bit too much. Like The Appleseed Cast? I think you may enjoy these guys too.
