Jan
13
BBC Manchester Review
Chris Long reviews As Neat As A New Pin for BBC Manchester Introducing.
‘Empty Set write tender love songs set against a backdrop of musical gentility, which make up the duo’s sweet debut, As Neat As A New Pin. The topics of their songs include physics, bad handwriting, Canadian journalists and French mathematicians. Impressively, such oddities are not forced in for effect, as the topics weave so easily in with the sparing accompaniments that you just know that they’re there because it’s just how songwriter Tommy Ogden thinks. Of course, decent lyrics are only one half of any musical battle and thankfully they come supported by satisfying, if occasionally over-sparse, little melodies to make songs as neat and tidy as the album title suggests.’
Thanks Chris!
