Molloy Woodcraft 

Complete Surrender review – Slow Club range from beat group to synth poppers

On their third album, Sheffield duo Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor make the most of their different songwriting styles with the help of Richard Hawley producer Colin Elliot, writes Molloy Woodcraft
  
  


The Sheffield duo's third album finds them on fine form on 11 tracks that range from 60s beat-group fare (Suffering You, Suffering Me has shades of Duffy) to 80s mid-tempo synth-pop (Wanderer Wandering). Rebecca Taylor's voice is perfect for numbers such as the catchy opener Tears of Joy, with enough quirks and tics to set it apart, though Charles Watson's head tones have their charms too (acoustic slowie Paraguay and Panama); the close-miked Number One, where they join together in complex harmonies, is impressive. You get the feeling, from the difference between Taylor's soul-heavy songs and Watson's more contemplative, nebulous numbers, that the pair write apart; Colin Elliot, who has worked with Richard Hawley, is a good match for the material, and his production skills make a cohesive whole of the diverse strands.

 

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