Revolutions(Jan 00)
"At Revolutions
we've usually concentrated on album releases, but this single due for
release on Monday 8th demanded inclusion on the grounds of talent as
blinding as the undimmed headlights of an oncoming car at dead of
night. There is a delicious gossamer quality to the songs here.
It's not light in the all too widespread sense of lightweight,
throwaway pap but in a free, floating way; a few listens to this and
you'll be chilling at the top of the troposphere.
Arco are singer-songwriter Chris Healey, Dave Milligan and Nick
Healey, and the quiet tapestry they create seeps into you, the very
quietness an asset in that you are made to listen carefully to lyrics
that reward the attention paid them. Driving At Night beautifully
creates an atmosphere of resigned melancholy that All This World both
builds upon and attempts to explain. Rounding things off is Here,
which, in less than a minute and a half (Oasis, take note), puts
across with painful clarity a feeling of utter isolation. If the
upcoming album "Coming To Terms" maintains this quality it will be
well worth the wait, and you can be assured that Revolutions will be
reviewing it. As for this glorious single, I suspect it won't get
much air-play from the likes of Chris's Moyles or Evans, and I can
hardly give a higher recommendation than that!"
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