Pete Lawrie: A Little Brighter - review

(Island)In an effort to avoid the "major-label singer-songwriter" tag, Welsh newcomer Pete Lawrie has made it known that he's a big fan of dubstep, but to no avail. What comes through on his debut album is absolute adherence to the commercial rulebook, from the top of his nicotine-streaked vocals to the bottom of his vaguely opaque lyrics ("I've kissed the girls and stayed out in the rain/ But I can count a good man as a friend of mine/ So how could I complain?" he rumbles rhetorically on How ...

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