IN THE HALF LIGHT

Cold back bedrooms, terminus bus shelters and the reflection of street lights in puddles is where High Hazels debut collection can trace its DNA. With a togetherness that only blooms from brotherhood and childhood friendship, melodious exchanges between instruments take place as naturally as conversation over the garden wall. Lilting songwriting with a stark directness, these are the kitchen sink anthems of a rental generation. Underpinned with a brooding psychedelia, there’s more here than straightforward chip shop rock n roll, the tracks are steeped in the rich musical lineage of Sheffield and contain the everyday poetic heartbreak of Alan Sillitoe.