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  Really Kind of Moving by Audiokiss


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Artist: Audiokiss
Title: Really Kind of Moving
Catalogue Number: Aykayem AKM001
Review Format: CD
Release Year: 2009



Let's see what the bio says about Audiokiss. It seems they are a three piece band consisting of Siobhan Mahon, Jack Dublin and Robert Campbell and it would also appear that they have been around a bit.

So - perhaps unsurprisingly - what we have her is a bit retro and a bit old fashioned (but in a good way). Starting off with "A Little Realisation", this album consists of what can be fairly described as "taxi driver rock" being the kind of music that is always playing in that minicab that you get home at the end of the night. It is almost as perfectly programmed for the rock music stations of today as it would have been 20 years ago and you can just see programming directors going wild for songs like "Feel You're Lucky" or "Been To Mars". Nicely played and tastefully arranged throughout, this is an easy album to like with Ms Mahon's vocals being the cherry on the cake. 

Twenty years ago, no one would have blinked at an album like this. Today, however, it is something of an anachronism placing, as it does, musical ability above fashion. Basically, Audiokiss is the kind of band that you would find in a pub that you've never been too before and they're the kind of band that would make you stay for another pint. That's more than enough to make me feel quite sentimental for times past.


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Review Date: April 1 2010