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Treetop Flyers
Treetop Flyers
(Loose)
★★★
KNOCKING around in the same musical circles as Wave Pictures and Danny Champions of the World, London-based group Treetop Flyers — their name taken from a Stephen Stills song — trade in classic-sounding US rock music.
Their self-titled third album sticks with this well-worn formula, kicking off with a lovely mid-tempo, pedal steel-led instrumental track. The joyous single Sweet Greens & Blues sounds a lot like Van Morrison’s Caledonian Soul music, mixing rapturous gospel-tinged lyrical phrasing with pumping brass, while It’s Hard To Understand mines classic r'n'b.
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