The Hobbes Fanclub are a band who could only exist in the internet age, its two members have never met in real life but via the internet have formed a band and make music, wonderful music. The two members each sing lead on a track here. "Love from the stars" has lovely ethereal female vocals and jingle-jangle guitars. It is un-ashamedly retro and could easily have been a Sarah song. "The boy from outer space" is a bit harder with its boy vocals and guitar lead. A more straight forward guitar pop song and is also wonderful.
Leach Me Lemonade's songs also could easily have come from the Sarah back catalogue. There is a bit of an early-Brighter vibe going on here such as on "The last day of July". "Entire leaves" actually sounds like a lost Brighter song, maybe a little too close to Brighter. The line between inspiration and copying can sometimes be a narrow one. That might be a problem to some but as Brighter is my all-time favourite band... not me!
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