Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

(Island)A Vermont jam-band who've been kicking around since 2004, the Nocturnals have been primed for breakout success with their UK debut, which boasts major-label backing and a high-flying producer in Beyoncé/Eminem collaborator Mark Batson. Quite why isn't apparent from its unremarkable brew of roots and soft rock, which has its raucous moments – the bluesily lascivious "Paris (Ooh La La)" – but falls down with antiseptic Fleetwood Mac pastiches and vanilla country ballads. Potter has a ...

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Guardian Music — (Island)A Vermont jam-band who've been kicking around since 2004, the Nocturnals have been primed for breakout success with their UK debut, which boasts major-label backi... more info