The Vanities - Just Passing Thru (Review)
By John Eliot
I heard from The Vanities last night. If you don’t know who they are maybe you should! An electro-rock duo from Cardiff made up of Rhys Bradley (vocals/guitar) and Adam Hill (bass guitar/synths). I have their debut LP “2001” courtesy of Spotify. That is one worth listening to. Quality.
But it is the single I’ve been asked to review.
Side A - Just Passing Thru with vocals from award winning artist Bob Fitzgerald and the flip side, AA Just Passing Thru a jammy remix.
Side A features local award-winning country music artist Bob Fitzgerald who brings his unmistakable voice to the track. With an arrangement that embraces country and gospel influences, Just Passing Thru is a heart-breaking sermon on love, loss and the importance of living life to the full.
Side AA is the incendiary remix by Jammy, the South Wales-based super-producer with its fusion of rock, country and funk sensibilites, the Jammy remix serves up an irresistible slice of contemporary pop heaven that has hit single written all over it. I love it.
Credits for Just Passing Thru
Song Written by Rhys Bradley
Produced by Al Steele
Remix by Jammy
Bob Fitzgerald - Lead Vocals
The Epoch House Gospel Choir - Backing Vocals
Reggie Duncan - Pedal Steel Guitar
Chris Barber – Drums
Gareth Jones – Piano
Adam Hill - Bass
Jon Martin Skauge - Acoustic Guitar
CD of single and 2001 available from HMV Cardiff and live shows. Download/stream on BandCamp, itunes, Apple, Spotify etc.
c. John Eliot.
John Eliot has published four collections of poetry with Mosaïque press Ssh!, Don't Go, Turn on the Dark , and Canzoni del Venerdì Sera, a translation of his work into Italian. John is now poetry editor for Mosaique Press and with Italian, Romanian and Hungarian universities is editing translation anthologies.
