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Music review: Someone Else’s Cake - Red Jacket Mine | 3.5/5

Seattle’s Red Jacket Mine favours revisiting the ’80s, with principal singer-songwriter Lincoln Barr recalling the pub-rock/new wave antics of Elvis Costello, Rockpile or Squeeze; with an attention to lyrical smarts, melodic hooks and a traditional mixture of pop, country, folk, R&B and rock ’n’ roll. To its immense credit, Red Jacket Mine’s manage — through songs like Amy, Nickel and Dime, Engineer and Novelty’s Gone — to not sound too derivative, giving enough distinctive attitude and personality to keep things fresh. The edgy timelessness of these songs speaks of a need to carve a path away from hip and cool trends, and there’s a greater chance that this will stand better than your average indie dance pop fodder. Kevin Mathews

Seattle’s Red Jacket Mine favours revisiting the ’80s, with principal singer-songwriter Lincoln Barr recalling the pub-rock/new wave antics of Elvis Costello, Rockpile or Squeeze; with an attention to lyrical smarts, melodic hooks and a traditional mixture of pop, country, folk, R&B and rock ’n’ roll. To its immense credit, Red Jacket Mine’s manage — through songs like Amy, Nickel and Dime, Engineer and Novelty’s Gone — to not sound too derivative, giving enough distinctive attitude and personality to keep things fresh. The edgy timelessness of these songs speaks of a need to carve a path away from hip and cool trends, and there’s a greater chance that this will stand better than your average indie dance pop fodder. Kevin Mathews

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