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The band is a trio from London, composed of guitarist/songwriter Tattersall (who can rip some unbelievable solos live but tends to refrain on record), bassist Franic Rozycki and drummer Jonny Helm, and their live and recorded association with songwriters like David-Ivar Herman Düne (of Herman Düne) and John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats) makes immediate sense and will help you to place them on the band spectrum. All three acts are notable for complex but direct lyrics delivered over relatively unadorned pop songs (The Wave Pictures strike a rock’n'roll/early punk balance that recalls Jonathan Richman), and all three feature singers whose flawed voices suit their songs perfectly: Darnielle’s nasality makes his vivid stories more disarming and affecting than a drippy croon would; Düne’s accented English only enhances his naïve sincerity (especially when he sings “baybeh”) ; and Tattersall’s dryly vibrato’d voice fits his Oscar Wilde witty self-destructiveness perfectly. (via Ampeater Music)
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