NME Reviews Once

The NME gives a glowing review of Trevor's work on the new Kid Harpoon album, Once (out now on XL).

Harpoon, writes Martin Robinson, has "returned with a loud, Technicolor bang, having managed to recruit legendary producer Trevor Horn, who helped ‘shift’ about 90 per cent of all ‘units’ in the ’80s..."

"That’s not to say the troubadour of old has been destroyed by ‘Relax’-style studio fire and brimstone, it’s more that the Kid’s perfectly constructed songs now have plenty of space to express themselves. It means that even the stripped-back, introverted songs, like ‘Buried Alive’ and ‘Back From Beyond’, can reflect the psychedelic bent of the lyrics. Suddenly being transported out of Holloway and into the LA world of Horn has undoubtedly given Harpoon confidence to push himself..."



 

 

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