The Courteeners // Falcon
The Courteeners - Falcon.
Since forming in 2006 The Courteeners have gone onto significant success with their debut album St Jude achieving gold status and their 2008 single ‘Not Nineteen Forever’ crashing into the top 20. Morrissey’s been singing their praises and they ended last year playing to 10,000 people at a headline gig in their home town of Manchester. Working with Stephen Street on your first album never harms your chances either (lets not forget this is the man who managed to make Pete Doherty’s solo album sound coherent). It’s a shame then that they didn’t get to work with him again on 'Falcon’. Ed Buller is an able replacement, but when you’ve got an album that’s largely made up of mid-tempo ditties it’s hard to make anything stand out. Former single 'Cross My Heart and Hope To Fly’ is decent and ‘The Good Times Are Calling’ is a bit more lively, but generally the whole affair drifts by inoffensively and none of the songs really stick in your mind. If you liked their debut you’ll probably enjoy this, but if you’re not already a fan your time would be better spent listening to something else.
6/10 Jimmy James
