Pull In Emergency - In Silence

two years ago Pull In Emergency were the flagship of the british underage music scene. whenever there was a report about school kids doing music for an audience of also mostly school kids, Pull In Emergency got video time. and you would have expected talent scouts and managers of every bigger record label in the UK to trip over each other in their endeavour to be the first to sign the band, release a record and send them on tour. but nothing happened. now, two years later, the hype is gone. Mute Records sublabel Mute Irregulars knocked it down but were in no hurry to bring them to the market. a pretty effortless first seven inch stayed quite unnoticed. the promotion for the second seven inch is basicly in the hands of the band itself. it also seems a little hesitant, not to say indecisive to release a double a side record. usually this is the approach when the label or the band or whoever is in charge can't get settled on one song for the next release and leave it to the radio stations and clubs to pick their favourite song. the decision to produce a video for "In Silence" seems to denote a favour of this one.
but both songs are stripped-down basic britpop. just vocals, guitars, bass and drum; no gimmicks, no über-production. the charm and magic of songs that can be reproduced anytime anywhere. all the passion, the emotions, everything is carried by the music and the vocals alone. all the qualities that made peel sessions so special. in the end it was the strength of the songs that counted, not their production. if the band wasn't able to play its songs in it's basic outfit, the songs weren't good. the few minutes of Pull In Emergencies sophomore release revive my excitement about a band that is able to arrange great pop songs with just the basic tools they have at hand. a quality that seemed to have gone lost in the pop world.
i'm pretty sure good old John Peel would have loved it as much as he loved all the other bands that were invited to do a peel session.



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