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The Holloways

Generator

Label: TVT Release Date: 16/10/2006

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Cody_Jeff by Cody Jefferson October 19th, 2006

With this currently riding high in the UK midweeks, it seems as if Londoners The Holloways are to achieve their biggest hit to date with ‘Generator’; their last single, ‘Two Left Feet’ made number 33 on the British singles chart.

To be honest, it’s easy to hear why ‘Generator’ has connected so effortlessly with the record-buying public: it pinches a few tricks of the trade from established chart-botherers, sparkles and shines production-wise, and is generally one of those get-you-up-in-the-morning songs that’s as jolly as they come. The cover’s a complete giveaway of its summery charms, too; indeed, why wasn’t this a summertime smash? Still, it’ll brighten grey October dawns, for sure.

‘Generator’ might echo The Automatic and Kaiser Chiefs in roughly equal measures, and splashes a little Libertines swagger into the mix for additional kick, but in this instance such plagiarism doesn’t detract any from a perfectly perfunctory pop-rock ditty. In a word: neat.

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