I'm still reeling from that DIRE live streamed concert he put on during lockdown
Talk about FALSE ADVERTISING
Tom shuffling around a stage with ZERO stage presence whilst performing to a couple of people off camera like it was the first time he'd ever held a mic was not it.
I don't mind it on initial listens but it isn't the best vocal I've heard from him. He is very much leaning into the turn of the millennium europop sound, it almost feels like the Vengabus is coming.
I've just looked and he is charging EIGHTEEN POUNDS for a single CD (probably a CD-R) PLUS a further SEVEN POUNDS EIGHTY PENCE for delivery (the same as charged for the vinyl). I know, independent artist and all that but really...
I definitely preferred the sound of Black Country Disco but it is a cute collection. The back end of the album in particular has some stronger moments.
The production is obviously quite different but Effigy feels a little reminiscent of some of BCD as a song.