CD: RR8697-2
RELEASE DATE: 1999
LABEL: Roadrunner

01. Automatic Buffalo
02. Like a Criminal
03. Awful Age
04. Hum
05. Spacemilk
06. I'm a Believer
07. Modern Log
08. Opportune Moment
09. Amendment
10. New Parade
11. Kitchen Song
12. Sweep the Leg

The Sheila Divine's debut album "New Parade" makes you feel you have returned to the '80s. The Sheila Divine craft exquisitely put-together pop-rock of a type that is by and large absent from today's music scene, offering frequent tips of the hat to The Smiths and The Comsat Angels. "Hum, " a rant against manufactured radio hits, is an especially fine song, showcasing singer Aaron Perrino's outstanding range, both vocal and emotional. Musically seen this is a quality album, at times quirky, whimsical and witty. In other places more direct, building tight rock songs around swirling guitars. New Parade is an album that improves with each airing, the complexity of the songs best appreciated with familiarity, although the likes of "Hum", "Like a Criminal" and "I'm a Believer" are strong enough to be able to sell the band musically with their first hearing. Highly recommended to those who miss the British Bedsit bands, or those who missed them.