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KINDAMUZIK REVIEW

Another day, another album review. Actually, this one was published a while ago, but we forgot to translate into English. So, Dutchies can click here, Non-Dutchies can read the translation below!


ALBUM REVIEW
Tuesday's A Day To Remember
by Sidewalk
Reviewed by Niels Steeghs

Music is a calling. One person finds it early on, the other later, and some never. Ex-KindaMuzik writer and editor Coen van der Horst didn't find his way to what he calls 'good music' until he was around nineteen. After seeing the Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night he realized he knew more of the songs than he previously thought. The quartet from Liverpool kickstarted his search for more music, and soon enough, there was a voice in his head telling him to compose his own.

After the first demo in 2004, he started tinkering to get his own sound. For two years now, Van der Horst's life consists of the melancholy songs of him and his (ever changing) band Sidewalk. In that time, slowly but steady - through three EP's, of which the last one is released at the same time as this album - the picture of Tuesday's A Day To Remember arose. Who already downloaded the first two EP's won't be in for much of a surprise.

Sidewalk doesn't cherish the illusion that they will make money selling records; the music is completely free. Who downloads the twelve songs will hear a signature sound which mostly sounds like the pop/rock of A Balladeer and Racoon. Every one of them is about love (and nothing else), with a sound that's 'easy listening' and radio-friendly.

It's the more upbeat songs, such as 'This Better Be For Real', 'Magical' and 'Suzannah', that will stay with you in the end - the rest of the material is more low key. Tedious? No. Because it makes the album diverse and a logical collection of Sidewalk's material so far. Your pants won't drop of excitement while listening to Tuesday's A Day To Remember, but it surely is sympathetic, and definitely worthy of your time.