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Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
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4:52 PM 30th June 2015
arts

Review: Dexeter

 
Dexeter
Dexeter
Leicestershire based country quartet Dexeter may still be relative newcomers to the circuit, but they have wasted little time in setting tongues wagging across the UK's close knit country music community.

Having unveiled their striking début EP 'Brighter Skies' last year, the group turned to Pledge to fund their full length début, the appropriately titled '4000 Miles From Nashville', for this is a band that are happy with their British roots and have no intention of becoming another copycat country crew.

Fronted by the powerfully vocalled Dee Dexeter, the group launch into the album's stand out song, 'Breathe' to kick off their first effort. The whirling honesty of Dee's distraught indecision makes for a compelling listen and immediately sets the bar so high that the band simply cannot top it, even with their now signature single, the adorable 'Slow It Down'. Perhaps a little track re-ordering would have allowed the album to reach its climax rather than peak before its really started.

That is not to say that the rest of the album is average. It is much more than that. Although the chug-along 'Mirror' and lacking layers 'Falling' could have done with a little more work, the rest of the remainder is striking and beautiful. With the addictive 'Getaway Car' a guaranteed radio hit and the blissful 'Older (Wouldn't Change A Thing)' joining the aforementioned 'Breathe' and 'Slow It Down' as showstoppers.

'4000 Miles From Nashville' may not be a flawless release, but when it shines, it dazzles.