A few days ago I was driving to work listening to this album, feeling a little sorry for myself about the long night ahead. As the chorus to the anthemic Hang On To Your Dreams came in I felt my eyes begin to fill with tears, as every lost opportunity or long forgotten dream I’d ever had suddenly seemed to come flooding back all at once. Music huh?
Now is the project of San Francisco based duo Oliver (drums) and Will (all other instruments and all vocals.) Saturday’s Child is the latest in a series of Bandcamp releases stretching back to 2016 and it’s an intricately played and thoughtfully rendered rush of energy from start to finish.
Highlights come thick and fast. The strident post-punk attitude of Early One Morning brings to mind the early work of underrated UK act The Comsat Angels. Pages From The Glossies stutters along with an almost Dinosaur L-esque disco pulse and Make It with its classic indie anthem tension and release may just be my favourite of the lot. All of this is wrapped up in a gloriously bright production that makes my ears hurt in all the right places.
Saturday’s Child carries with it a swagger and confidence that belies it’s lo-fi roots. This isn’t a slow burner of an album. I loved it on the first listen, I loved it on the tenth listen, I’ll most probably love it for ever more. What a thrill!
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