Xyz

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1992 album from the underrated British band. Full of Country tinged Pop gems; XYZ is one of the great lost records of the '90s. The guitar sound is at times dreamy and distorted whilst the songs are not born out of head down jam sessions, but have been crafted on an acoustic guitar and arranged with a great deal of skill and affection. Moose were ahead of their time: if XYZ had been used as the blue print for Britpop then the musical landscape could have been a lot more beautiful. Comes expanded with the excellent SONNY AND SAM mini-album, a great round up of the bands early EPs including Last Night I Fell Again, This River Will Never Run Dry, Do You Remember?, Jack, Ballad of Adam And Eve, Suzanne and Butterfly Collector. Cherry Red. 2009.