Another Form of Relief

The Westfield Mining Disaster formed in early 2006 and are from that lovely place called Bristol down in the south west. They are fronted by Paul Towler, who used to play guitar for a rather important C86 band called The Haywains. This is the part where I discover how ignorant I still am of the C86 scene as I had never heard of them before, despite my recent in-roads into the genre. Still, after I listened to the Westfield CD, I went and found some Haywains material, and it’s really very good.

Westfield play simple guitar pop songs that float nicely in and out of alt-country territory. I’ve complained before about the lack of UK bands dabbling in this genre, so it’s always nice to find some willing to give it a shot. If I didn’t know better, I’d find it very hard to believe that this is a band that have only been performing together for three months. Their songs give out the sound of a band that has been perfecting it’s craft for years, not for mere months. This is most likely down to the band members’ previous experience from various other bands, but it’s still very impressive nonetheless.

MP3 The Westfield Mining Disaster - Not Everybody Gets To Be A Rolling Stone (expired)

The Westfield Mining Disaster: Myspace