Pocketbooks

It’s been several years in the making, but finally have a proper full-length album! Or at least they will in June anyway. are one of those bands that I’ve seemingly been tracking since the beginning of Another Form of Relief, so it’s nice to see them actually make it.

Actually, it’s nice in general to see the way indie pop has made such a comeback over the past few years, particularly in the UK. Pocketbooks are at the forefront of this, their C86-inspired melodies and sweet natured words bringing back an era that had previously been forgotten.

Fleeting Moments is taken from their debut album Flight Paths and is possibly their best work yet. Featuring both Emma and Andy on vocal duties, they play off each other perfectly as the romantic and the realist respectively. The wonder of Pocketbooks has always been in their imagery though, however simplistic it may be. There is just a pure joy in things as mundane as bus stop conversations in west country towns or staring out of how high-rise windows. Even to someone as cynical as myself.

Flight Paths will be released officially in June via How Does It Feel To Be Loved?. Word on the street is that copies are already being sent out though.