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Whisperin' and Hollerin' UK - MJ McCarthy - April, 2006 (cd review)

Rob Falgiano
Red

ROB FALGIANO is this month’s horse of a different colour. “Red” (6/10, Rob Falgiano) to be precise. It’s an eclectic bunch of songs touching on white boy reggae (“Move As One”), power pop Matthew-Sweet-style (“Smiling Through”), melodic countryisms (“A Little Bit of Shake It”) and soft focus singer-songwriter meditation (“That’s The Way It Feels”).

Falgiano is lyrically at his best when he stays on his sharp side. How’s this for a first line: “Sometimes it’s nice not to be drunk”. Can’t argue with that. “A Little Bit of Shake It” revels in a spot of Costello-ish bitterness (“A little bit of shake it / a little bit of sweet / a sneer and then a smile / and then you’ve got them at your feet”), and is all the better for it... it is promising stuff, and it would be good to see Falgiano pick up enough of a following off the back of “Red” to develop his obvious talents.