When I received this album the name Graeme Watkins was a mystery to me. This may be my lot for not watching a single minute of the well-trodden Idols talent show, and avoiding radio shows dealing with anything associated with it. Or is it in fact my blessing? Not having to sit through atrocious audition episodes (which, let’s face it , is probably why most people do so, for a laugh, then get invested in a favourite and spend hundreds sms-ing for them…). Yeah, it’s a blessing! So, apparently Graeme was the 2009 season runner-up. One would expect a singer coming from a show like this to opt for the crooning pop star persona with songs penned by the record company’s regular radio-savvy writers. Instead, Graeme cracks out with a rock band, throwing original songs out there that someone who enjoys the lighter side of Zebra and Giraffe could easily listen to. Many of the tracks do give you that ‘very familiar feeling’, but where anti-Idols die-hards would normally dismiss someone like this, with Graeme and his band they can actually give them a chance.
Rating : 3/5 – Pretty Cool
Reviewed By : Paul Blom
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