There's something terribly decadent about 7" vinyl that encourages you to nurture it, admire it and be gentle with it because if you don't it might break. But at the same time it's really rather pointless, because you know you're not really going to move that huge pile of CDs off the turntable to put on a record that only lasts for two and half minutes unless it's something really special and, unfortunately, Beezewax's When You Stood Up ain't that record.
It's alright. It's poppy and catchy with guitars that turn up at the right places and all that, but for a band who've been together for 10 years, is it too unfair to expect better things than average indie guitar rock with emo pretensions? Probably not, and even the teeny little mini-CD (sooo cute!) alternative format doesn't save it, nor does aiding and abetting by Motorpsycho's Bent Saether, Swedish producer Jorgen Wall or "Brian Wilson's Strings" (whatever that means).
Give you a clue lads - if you need to try odd formats because you know there's nothing to be said about the music itself, try harder instead.
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