The Sun Is Often Out

The Sun Is Often Out - The Longpigs

The Sun Is Often Out was The Longpigs Debut Album in 1996.The Band uses a traditional rock set-up and throughout play in a bouncy britpop style. Overall The album is really enjoyable,there is a good blend of sad and happy,serious and jokey. It is soon clear that Crispin Hunt has a real skill in writing lyrics as they really flow throughout every song.

When going through the songs, the Longpigs show many different personalities in a way for example “Far” is a really lively upbeat song even though the lyrics are quite sad and heartfelt but then listening to “On & On” the whole scene is very mellow and uplifting. For a debut album their overall sound sounds very steady and established maybe what you would expect from a band after 2 or 3 albums but also varied. The band displays their tones and feelings really well like in “Happy Again” as a lot of humour is put in the song without making it sound stupid and ridiculous. “She Said” has a very good structure and a memorable chorus .Also the dramatic ending, where the whole song resorts to chaos, is quite unique and clever. The band do display some sort of early Radiohead influences which in a sense isn't a surprise as they done a lot of support acting for them.

The Sun Is Often Out is Ascrono Music's Album of the week because of The Longpigs Surprisingly Established sound and range of styles and emotions. If You Are a Rock Fan of any type then we can guarantee there will be at least one song you enjoy throughout the album