Flower (Hammond B-3 organ, tenor saxophone); Paul Douglas (bass);
Chris Davis (drums).
SIX BY SEVEN
album:The Things We make
(1998Beggars Banquet/Virgin)
What the JOSEF
K was for the first half of the 80's, what the WEDDING
PRESENT
was for the other half,
what the good grunge groups was for the early 90's, what
nobody was for the british
rock untill yesterday, is a few months now Six By Seven.
Recalling the era of modern
rock when shoegazing was England's national
pastime, Manchester was
that country's artistic capital and bands such as
My Bloody Valentine and
the Jesus And Mary Chain devised new uses and
abuses for electric guitar
pedals, Six By Seven creates distorted, jangly pop
tempered by a bit of psychedelia.
On the Nottingham, England quintet's first
full-length album, The Things
We Make, Six By Seven falls in line with
current outfits like Swervedriver,
infecting 10 tracks of lethargic, yet potent
pop with critical amounts
of guitar distortion and studio tricks (e.g. warped
tape loops). The band displays
an enormous amount of control, easily
alternating between dense,
sonic pile-ups and minimal guitar-scapes.
Six By Seven: Chris
Olley (guitar, vocals); Sam Hempton (guitar); James
Flower (Hammond B-3 organ,
tenor saxophone); Paul Douglas (bass);
Chris Davis (drums).