Stutter

The 1986 debut album by British rock band James is a mix of punky aesthetics, folky rhythms, and alternative instrumentation. It could best be described like The Cure and The Waterboys combined in one singöe entity. The songs on the record are fast-paced songs about love and relationships, as you would expect, and most of them aren't particularly good.

Tim Booth's vocals mostly do the record justice, but he doesn't manage to sound different from other rock singers of the era. From the ... read more

Left alone out in the fields, they come up with a folk-scented indie-pop bouquet of flowers that smells so attractive in its feverish, wild kingdom.