Spark

Barry O’Brien’s four-track EP, Spark, will please fans of MOR-indie-rock. The opening track ‘Cut Me Out’ starts well. Spooky-sounding percussion and stop-start guitar progressions work. However, it’s been over a decade since Paul Weller brought us this sound with Wildwood. ‘The Strangest Game’ is reminiscent of The Walls and ‘Sisters In The Sky’ is a nice almost Foo Fighterist lullaby. But a greater degree of originality will be required if Barry O’Brien is to make a big time breakthrough.