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The Things We Make

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Any band who can carry a singer with as bad a voice as Chris Olley have to be pretty impressive - that Six By Seven manage not only to do this, but even make his blocked-nose delivery surprisingly emotional have some kind of rare talent. Not that it shows all the time - the first five songs are good, and Brilliantly Cute is a cathartic masterpiece of guitar abuse, but towards the end of the album there is a distinct lack of innovation and enthusiasm. In European Me and Spy Song they demonstrate that they can take a song and build it up to great effect; in Something Wild they need only four minutes to prove they can be a poor pub-rock band. Funny that the grand gestures should be the ones that come off well, while the short stuff lets them down badly.

Every time I listen to this album, from Nottingham's finest, I get truly blown away with the emotion encapsulated in it. Its truly amazing, and gets better with every listen. To some it mind sound ordinary and dull, but if you look a bit deeper, you will find an album of beauty, Chris Olley's Voice is amazing, the guitaring out of this world. I saw them live last year, and they were fantastic, the guitarist played the guitar with a drum stick for the first three songs!!!! (how cool is that) This album is a must buy, for everyone If you are fed up with all the meloncholy rubbish thats around at the moment buy this, it will blow you away (not in a Metallica, kind of way though, thankfully) in an emotional way. The only way to experience this emotion, is by buying this album yourselves. At $11 its a must buy bargain, for any music fan In my view one the albums of the 90's

Six By Seven are one of the best indie bands in the UK, and command a strong following despite a lack of mainstream success. Their debut has longer and more epic songs than the two albums which have followed since, with very 90s, slightly underproduced production, and a wall of sound. A bit like Stone Roses meets My Bloody Valentine perhaps. 'Candlelight' has a baggy groove and a catchy tune, 'European Me' is a haunting, slightly gothic number and 'Oh! Dear' is a building, swirling symphony of noise. In between there are some less successful efforts: the slightly one-dimensional 'Something Wild' and 'Brilliantly Cute', the latter verging into punk-influenced territory without the confidence of later efforts like the explosive 'Speed Is In/Speed Is Out' off their 3rd album. '88-92-96' is a little directionless.

Its actually less heavy than some of the stuff that followed: third album 'The Way I Feel Today' is more varied and has more focus and clarity in the sound. The last 5 songs are noticably less good than the first 5, with the exception of 'Oh! Dear'. The first 5 have more memorable guitar shapes and tunes. Overall, though, this is a good album worth owning, if not as great as later efforts.

the cd offers a variety of sounds that will suck the listener into the dimension that is six by seven. "european me" creates a dream state in the listener that boarders on perfection. songs like "for you" and "88-92-96" are the strong points of the album with mesmerizing psychedelic freak-outs bringing each track to an end. the cd has strong resemblances to swervedriver and i would strongly recommend this album.

Six By Seven sounds like a cross between Radiohead, Swervedriver and Spacemen 3. Not that that's a bad thing. While not instantly catchy, these guys put together some pretty impressive feedback/drone workouts. Not the best of the genre, but pretty damn good.

After floating around several years, Six by Seven is turning up the heat. by experimenting with feedback and the typcial madchester style beats which sound right from '91, this band has earned themselves a name of the british indie purists. Possibly one of the best and most suprising albums of the year, this album keeps growing and growing, and its not coming down. A pleasant surprise, and two incredibly catchy tracks. But the remaining 8 tracks are still worthwhile and worth many listens.

After the first listen you'll wonder what you just heard. After the second listen you'll wonder why you haven't heard of Six by Seven sooner. If British rock is known for being melancholy, The Things We Make doesn't disprove this theory. A lot of the songs are gloomy. The good songwriting and feedback driven jams make it fun to listen to though. There is even a very cool ballad on the album, "Oh!Dear." There are plenty of reasons why Six by Seven should be proud of the things they make.

a real grower. a lot of controlled power and very satisfying at a high volume - a band with a future

check it out before listening to "the close u get" in which only a few tracks are worth-listening. this cool debut IS what six-by-seven deserves to be liked,not the latest one. experinece the noise in "something wild",feel the mechacholy in "88-92-96",taste the sweetness in " a beautiful shape".all u should do is stick to this debut & forget the latest one.