You Can Do Anything

Zutons - You Can Do Anything

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Artist: Zutons
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-06-02
Music Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l

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Free Music Review: The Zutons Are Still Alive And Well
Hit: 5 Stars

Formed in Liverpool in 2001, the Zutons issued their eclectic debut album "Who Killed The Zutons?" in 2004. It was a wide-ranging affair filled with rock/pop/ska/soul - you name it, the band attempted it. Many songs featured dark, apocalyptic imagery a la Bowie's "Diamond Dogs". "Railroad" was about a Chinese railroad worker lamenting being so far from home, while another described a "Havana Gang Brawl". Despite generally downbeat subject matter, the music was engaging and buoyantly performed. Touring and a steady stream of singles gained them a following, and the CD sold quite well for over a year.

In 2006, the band released their follow-up disc "Tired Of Hanging Around". Chief songwriter and vocalist Dave McCabe changed his game plan, and wrote songs that were more accessible and less odd. Greater commercial success ensued, and the group scored 2 British top ten hits. "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" was a terrific rocker that effectively showcased the immediacy and clarity of his voice. Even when the band is squawking all around him, his vocals cut through the fray like a knife through butter. Their other hit was "Valerie".

"Valerie" made him a ton of money when it was covered by Amy Winehouse a year later. It was a giant hit single for her, and produced by Mark Ronson - who had previously done great work with Lily Allen on her debut effort "Alright, Still". And, of course, he'd produced Winehouse's blockbuster smash CD "Back To Black". Amy did a great job with the song - it can be found on Ronson's 2007 CD "Version", and she performs it on her "live" DVD.

Some fans prefer the Zutons earlier, more eccentric output - while others favor the pop/rock stuff. I don't know - I like them both. But if you really pushed me to answer which I like better, I suppose I'd pick "Tired Of Hanging Around". They sound like a classic Brit-rock band on it. More than anyone, they resemble mid-to-late period Kinks. I prefer the simpler nature of the songs, and appreciate their improved playing abilities. Though her early efforts had charm, saxophonist Abi Harding had especially come a long way from the squeals and squonks heard on the first CD. McCabe's writing is overall sunnier, more heartfelt and direct - and he came up with a great bunch of melodies. Every song is good. If you want to hear them at their best, "Tired Of Hanging Around" is the one to get.

The new "You Can Do Anything" (2008) is very good, though not quite as consistent as the previous release. The production isn't as clean, but is more dense and murky. This results in the group sounding "heavier". As on the first album, McCabe's rather gloomy and paranoid worldview is once again on display. There's more slow songs than the last time out, but there's also plenty of good rockers. Former lead guitarist Boyan Chowdhury is replaced here by Paul Malloy, and he's in fine form - as are Abi, drummer Sean Payne and bassist Russell Pritchard.

The Zutons have become the most interesting and best band to emerge from England this decade. If they manage to stay together and continue, I think their future looks very bright.

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The royalties must have seemed tempting at the time--hell, they still must--but it?s got to feel galling to have written and recorded one of the genuinely great modern British soul songs, only to have it stolen from you and paraded in new bling from every speaker and screen. Anyone still under the impression that Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse cooked up the all-conquering "Valerie" themselves would be well advised to delve back into The Zutons? small but stocky back catalogue for further gems and trinkets. Of course, it?s not all perfect--the fact that The Zutons are so very overcooked is both their appeal and their Achilles heel. There is generally too much in the way of cod-poetic sub-Beautiful South storytelling and bad jokes, too much throttled yelping, far too much saxophone and too little subtlety. But when the surplus is skimmed aside, what's left can form an indie-soul revue to knock your novelty socks off. Examples on You Can Do Anything include the hammering vocal back-and-forth of "Harder And Harder", the colourful, anthemic "Always Right Behind You" bouncing off Slade?s bell-bottoms and the riff-heavy Mott The Hoople-esque "Family Of Leeches." They?re still essentially The Coral in lounge suits, Gomez without the Americana infatuation, but they?ll be having the last laugh: on this evidence, they're a good few years away from the cruise ship circuit. -- James Berry

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