Reverend and The Makers are based in Sheffield and even supported The Artic Monkeys on their sell-out tour in 2006. Is this enough though to make them a success?
As soon as I listened to this song I thought that it reminded me of another band, and after a few listens it hit me... Reverend and The Makers sound a little like a less seedy version of Pulp (who are coincidentally also hail from Sheffield). It's about a girl bemoaning the end of a relationship with a womanising lothario who got her pregnant, pretty gritty stuff. It took me a little while to warm to this song, but once I did I really liked it, and although I'm sure this band will hate comparisons to the Artic Monkeys, they do have a lot in common - humorous lyrics, strong Yorkshire accents and tight instrumentals.
This is the kind of music that you can bop along to quite merrily in a nightclub and I'm very keen to see this band live. They're not my favourite group right now granted, but this song is pretty darn funky.
