Turin Brakes

Harking back to when Turin Brakes' ideas of America outweighed their experience, The Optimist is a wonderfully self-aware shuffle through South London's clammy streets, eyes trained on the vapor trails tracing the path from Heathrow to Hollywood. Perfectly weighted pop flecked with moments of pure revelation.

Welcome to a kinder, gentler British indie rock. Is it an evolving movement in the wake of
successes from club kids gone folksy (erstwhile William Orbit collaborator Beth Orton),
folksters gone ambient (Irish Dylan devotee David Gray), or critically beloved Scottish imps
Belle and Sebastian? Whatever. Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian -- the London duo known
as Turin Brakes -- clearly subscribe to the sloganeering title their labelmates Kin... More >