Feature Records
2006
Don't Make Me Wait
About This Album
Back in the febrile '60s, there was a musical act called Up with People, a group of fresh-faced, well-groomed young people serving up bland, unchallenging pop as a counter weight to all that raucous rock and revolution that kids were slurping up by the bucketful. Locksley appear to be their subversive offspring. Across their self-released debut album, Don't Make Me Wait, the quintet offer up flawlessly bright and breezy pop numbers, perfect for the tweenie crowd, a sort-of scream-inducing Beatles circa 1964 for a new generation. In fact, "All of the Time" would have slotted neatly onto Meet the Beatles, with its light touches of R&B, lovely bass solo, and heart- fluttering harmonies. "My Kind of Lover" is similarly Fab Four-ish down to its ringing guitars, semi-shouted chorus, and a few "yeahs" thrown in for good measure. But "Let Me Know" takes the Liverpudlians into new territory, giving their sound a surprising punky edge. The Small Faces were punk before the term was even invented, and Locksley's exuberant "She Does" is the best song Steve Marriott never wrote nor performed. Back in the day, detractors called the Faces a Rolling Stones knock-off, and that latter band's influence can be heard all over "All Over Again.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4 and 5)

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