Music Review

Expecting to Fly

The Bluetones
Reviewed by Mike Flaherty | Aug 23, 1996
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: The Bluetones

The debut from these London-based pretty boys arrives with all of Britpop's requisite emphasis on song craft — then goes it one better. Conjuring a hybrid of once-influential forebears — the textured thoughtfulness of Aztec Camera with the hip-swaying buoyancy of the Stone Roses — accusation and introspection entwine in The Bluetones' sprightly, energized Expecting to Fly. B+

Originally posted Aug 23, 1996 Published in issue #341-342 Aug 23, 1996 Order article reprints

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