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Minster Hill Review
by Jack Rabid
Calling all XTC fans! Is two LPs a decade too little? Here's a humble protégé snack to wile away those in between-meals. This New Jersey band is actually one Howard Herrick, whose sunny-pop confections, and especially the baroque hiccup of his straining high voice, are replicas of Andy Partridge's work in the early-to-mid '80s. It recalls singles such as "Senses Working Overtime," "Love on a Farmboy's Wages," and "All You Pretty Girls." Like that English Settlement/Mummer/Big Express blueprint, Herrick's not energized enough to be new wave, nor '60s enough to be retro, but lies somewhere in that middle place, where shy lads sing like chirping birds at all the elegance and sobriety life throws. Perhaps the production is lower-budget than that of his hero's work, but there's minor, fresh-faced appeal.
Tracklist
| 1 | I've Been In A World Today (This Time) | 4:16 | |
| 2 | We All Just Need The Time | 4:57 | |
| 3 | Someone To Be You | 4:54 | |
| 4 | That's Fine To Me | 5:30 | |
| 5 | Silence Begets Song | 1:49 | |
| 6 | Let's All Sing Our Song | 3:11 | |
| 7 | Everyday Long (Since I Fell Back In Love) | 5:40 | |
| 8 | A Place Called Freedom | 5:42 | |
| 9 | Ripe | 5:25 | |
| 10 | Unconscious Kitchen | 4:19 | |
| 11 | My Dear | 4:24 | |
| 12 | Never Mind | 3:41 | |
| 13 | Limelight Vivian | 4:11 | |
| 14 | A Monumental Escape | 5:52 |
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