Harper Lee - all things can be mended

Its funny you know, i didn't think a band could hit me in my heart and soul as much as Brighter did (and still do) but Harper Lee have achieved it. But then again Harper Lee in many ways is Brighter 2.0 being the band Keris Howard formed after the break-up of Brighter in the early 90s.

Musically Harper Lee is very similiar, the sound is more refined and the production quality higher. Its basically very melancolic and introspective indie pop. Harper Lee is what you could get if you got every sorrowful indie C86 band in history and could somehow distill them down into one band.

So i think they are wonderful, with their jangly guitars and lyrical despair. Its simple music but beautiful. "I don't need to know about your wonderful life" is somewhat upbeat in tempo but not in sentiment. With songs like "This is the sound a heart makes when its breaking" and "Everybody leaves" you might think this is too solemn to truly enjoy. But far from it, as i have said on earlier Harper Lee reviews this is pragmatic despair. A realisation that life sucks but one must just get on with it.

If you are into music like this like me then you would struggle to find anything better than this.

• All Things Can Be Mended (Amazon)