What is it about those girl/boy harmonies? Coming at you like a train fuelled in a similar fashion to that Laura Marling/Mystery Jests/Noah and the Whale steamroller are these two young ruffians Paolo and Claire. However the real difference here being that Claire hasn't yet broken the heart of Paolo, as Laura did to Noah Fink, and decided to jump aboard the Mumford and Sons success ship headed to America, as Laura did. Lets hope that doesn't happen. We have access to three songs of presents a couple of demos and a more-sure of itself, seemingly finalised, song 'Six Sides' which is pure excellence. It oozes honesty and quality as if the pair of them don't have any other agenda, sweeping you along in the feel of an October night with the toffee apple kisses still present. The lyrics in all the songs are allowed to take centre stage, the listener not being blasted away by a big bass, and the delicate tones of both Paolo and Claire compliment each other brilliantly.
There are two areas within all the songs that make sure they are successful, the first one being that the music reminds not copies,you feel as if you have heard some aspects of the music before ie 'Young Love' and '5 Years Time' but that's as far as it goes, themes pop up now again but it all still sounds original. The second success lies in the fact that the music does not feel self-contained, the songs evoke your own memories of love and events. We don't feel isolated by them talking about their own experiences and feelings we can join in with the lyrics and melody. And that is a very hard task.
Exciting to see what these two love birds can do next. Just don't break up.
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