The Shore

If the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" rocked your world back in 1997, then the Shore will be your new favorite band. Alongside their nod to the Verve, the Shore color their slide-guitar-and-orchestra-dotted dreamy pop with shades of the Beatles, creating a gossamer sound that shimmers like the horizon on a hot summer day.

No one would be likely to fault you for mistaking the meandering melodies in "Hard Road,"
the opening song and first single off the Shore's self-titled debut, for the Verve's big
comeback. Vocalist Ben Ashley channels Richard Ashcroft's vibrato so well, you'd think
him possessed if you didn't already know that Ashcroft's still kicking. But by the time the
third song, "Take What's Mine," rolls in, it becomes clear that this is more than Bri... More >