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LIFE UNDER SEAT -
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Jack Cook, Glasswerk.co.uk,
July 2004
Siamese twins often have the uncanny knack of knowing what
the other one's thinking or feeling, the same can be said,
musically speaking, of cousins Ben Please and Peter Beatty
who form the acoustic folky duo Urusen.
Life Under Seat is an awesome collection of acoustic numbers
traversing several musical genres. With 'Life Under Seat',
Beatty and Please take us on a folk rock journey across the
turbulent waters of jazz and blues to the shores of pop and
back again. Although this variety of genres might be considered
a risk, Urusen is solid and accomplished enough for even the
most travel-sick to want to go again.
'Magic Mr Meaner' and 'Believed' are the rockiest tunes on
the album with their catchy slide guitar and perfectly-suited
vocals, 'The Man With The Square Halo' and 'Meanest Sister'
feature a harmonica which gives a bluesy feel and 'Tell Me'
is filled with jazz. Furthermore, the occasional bit of percussion
('Hallelujah') or the tinkling of keys ('Piano Song') adds
variety to Life Under Seat's folk rock core, rounding it off
as a finely polished, gently acoustic can of multi-genred
worms.
But the music isn't the only component of Life Under Seat
that makes the whole package so good - Beatty and Please have
expertly produced the album themselves and designed a pictorial
inlay card that seems to put the song titles into intriguing
images depicting the life of an anonymous character.
Life Under Seat is the kind of album that you listen to whilst
you sit back in the armchair with the sunday papers on a lazy,
calm afternoon and if you close your eyes and listen hard
enough, it's almost like they're right there with you in your
lounge.
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