Review: Jacqui & Anthony – Weekend EP
Pastime Records has released some pretty cool lo-fi indie Brit pop in the last few years. But recently, they have taken a a strange detour into somewhat unfamiliar territory – down home singer/songwriter pop! Yes, this might be a made up category, but Jacqui and Anthony’s debut EP, Weekend, just might warrant the creation of an entirely new genre.
With roots in Pastime’s other spectacular group Falling Trees, there are still plenty of elements that are reminiscent of their regular roster, but when Jacqui ebbs and flows so sweetly on tracks like “Weekend” or “Dark Star”, you definitely get that sort of sitting in a coffee shop, reading Being In Time, and feeling that the world is yours and yours alone no matter how many patrons are crammed on the couches alongside of you. It feels as though is loving duo is sitting on a just stage left to you on a dusty platform, spilling their souls out to you for any dime you could spare.
The Exeter community seems to be very tightly knit, and for pretty good reasons. Andy Fonda, well known Pop Noise Records affiliate, picked up the production duties for Jacqui & Anthony. The result of the collaboration is without a doubt a very well conceived introduction to another fine male/female duo that is certainly not to be missed. Anthony strums. Jacqui hums. And with that, Weekend becomes one of the finest EP’s to be released this year thus far.
