SAM ISAAC / LUKE LEIGHFIELD - Split (10″ EP)
Mannequin Republic MR003: 30th April 2007
1. Sam Isaac - Sticker, Star & Tape
“I went out to try and make a history of being brave, I knew I’d see her walk in hat, scarf and gloves”
2. Sam Isaac - I Miss Those Summers
“Is music everything, did we get it right, all I know is we’re having fun now, but the innocence is gone, my life is in my hands”
3. Luke Leighfield - The Rain Will Come Again
“I woke up this morning, saw another of those days of ambitions destroyed and hopes washed away, I woke up this morning and I prayed for rain, to brighten up monotony and help me live again”
4. Luke Leighfield - Annie Hall
“I’ve got clothes on my chair to watch me sleep, with the humming light of my red record machine”
This release is for anyone who loved Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and Dave House’s brilliant split EP from last year. It’s similar in sound, theme and even format, because Sam covers a song by Luke and vice versa.
Sam Isaac’s voice reminds me of Kele Okereke and the music on ‘Sticker, Star & Tape’ also has a hint of Bloc Party thrills but it’s got a much warmer sound. Sam’s cover of ‘I Miss Those Summers’ is a semi-acoustic gem with wonderful Cello moments. Luke Leighfield’s ‘The Rain Will Come Again’ manages to be quietly intimate and unforgettably epic at the same time. The crashing Drums, rich French Horns and piercing Violins add up to the kind of grandiose production that you’d usually only get from Jason Pierce. Luke’s cover of ‘Annie Hall’ combines devastatingly beautiful Piano and massive echoey ‘Purple Rain’ style Drums to create something almost as big as Prince’s 1984 anthem.
Click here to buy the EP from Banquet records (It’s limited to 500 copies so be quick!).
Sam Isaac - Compass-Scattered Love mp3
Sam Isaac - Hospital Bed mp3
Sam Isaac - Nineteen mp3
Luke Leighfield - I Built A Fortress mp3
Click here to visit Sam’s online store to buy his ‘Sticker, Star & Tape’ album.
Sam Isaac Website / Sam Isaac MySpace / Luke Leighfield MySpace
