The Paisley Archive label welcomes back the mighty fine band THE LOOP! After releasing an album for us way back in 2012 entilted "Lost Weekend", they're back with another set of highly charged but crafted tunes...

MARTIN + DARREN + IAN = THE LOOP 

GUITAR/VOCAL + DRUM / BACKING VOCAL + BASS = S'ALL YA NEED!!

SINCE THE DAYS JOHNNY KIDD NEVER REPLACED HIS SECOND GUITARIST IN HIS PIRATES, THE POWER TRIO WAS BORN IN THE UK. WANNA PERFECT EXAMPLE ? THE LOOP.

IT WORKS, IT REALLY WORKS.

OF COURSE THERE'S A COUPLE OR THREE OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER. ANY DECENT TUNES WITH THIS LOOP LOT? ANY DECENT TUNES!!! CHECK OUT THERE PREVIOUS MATERIAL, DELVE IN, DO YOUR HOMEWORK - THE REWARDS ARE THERE! NOT JUST AN ODD TUNE, OH NO, START AT THE BEGINNING AND YOU WILL REALIZE THIS IS A BAND WHO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.

CHECK OUT 'SHAME' FROM 2007 [10 YEARS AGO!!] TUNES SUCH AS 'BEAUTIFUL LIAR' 'SHE KNOWS' .........THESE ARE PURE GOLD!

CHECK OUT THE UNFORGETTABLE 'MONKEY BOOTS EP' WITH THE LINE ''YOUR HIDING IN YOUR ROOM WITH YOUR BEATLES, JAM AND WHO'' AAHH THEM EARLY TEENAGE YEARS, THAT LINE ALONE SPEAKS TO A GENERATION.

CHECK OUT THE MORE RECENT ALBUM 'LOST WEEKEND'' ON THE CULT PAISLEY ARCHIVE LABEL WHICH IS BREATH TAKING, THE TITLE TRACK ALONE IS OUTSTANDING THEN THERE'S 'THE FATES ' 'PIECES' AND OTHER GEMS.

CHECK OUT THERE SPLIT EP WITH KINDRED SPIRITS 'THE PAST TENSE' WITH, WHAT IN MY OPINION IS THE PERFECT POWER POP TUNE 'COMING UP SLOWLY'.

YEP QUITE A RECORDING CAREER!!

HOWEVER THE STRENGTH OF THE LOOP IS NOT ALL IN THE TALENTS OF THE SONGWRITING, OH NO!! OF NOTE IS THE BACKBONE OF THE BAND - THE DRUMMING AND THE BASS - THIS IS TRULY A POWERHOUSE SOUND ON ITS OWN AND MAY WELL BE AMONGST THE TIGHTEST SOUND AROUND. THIS MAY BE A BOLD STATEMENT TO MAKE BUT CATCH 'EM LIVE AND ITS HARD TO DISAGREE.

SINCE I PERSONALLY FELL FOR THE SOUND OF THE LOOP, WAY BACK WHEN THEY WERE SUPPORTING RICK BUCKLERS 'THE GIFT [THEY ALSO SUPPORTED BOTH RICK AND BRUCE IN FROM THE JAM, DIFFERENT STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME!] I HAVE FOUND THEY HAVE OUT LASTED A NUMBER OF DECENT BANDS AND I THINK THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON FOR THIS?

THE REASON? THE LOOP STILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO OFFER .

WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON? I SHOULD CO-CO!! (ZH)

FEATURES

DRAGGED UP

RUNNING AWAY

FOUND AND LOST

THIS LOVE IS ALIVE

GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

JULIE

THE LIGHT