Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The Shadows - Another 20 Golden Greats

I thought I'd check out the Shadows after someone described the guitars on "Hold On, Hold On" as Shadows-esque, which turned out to be accurate but there isn't much else about the band to hold my attention. Their signature device seems to be these guitarly covers of songs both familiar and obscure, with a small handful of originals, and while the sound is initially ear-catching, it soon ceases to be particularly interesting.