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Sun Comes Up Again - Album Review
by Aggie

Ex-Razorlight. Drummer. Radio 2 playlist. None of these things exactly get your fingers twitching to search iTunes or busting the cellophane off the CD wrapper with your teeth in order to get at the debut record from former Razorlight sticksman, Andy Burrows, aka I Am Arrows.

Recorded at Eastcoate studios, Sun Comes Up Again is I Am Arrows’ first official debut album after a low key mini album The Colour Of My Dreams, released in 2008, the year before he left Razorlight. Produced by Eliot James - who has twiddled the nobs for Noah And The Whale and Bloc Party- it’s all Burrows’ work, literally, every single instrument, vocal and bleep is his.

It’s inevitable that, considering Burrows didn’t leave Razorlight on good terms, his debut is going to be combed for references to his former bandmate. On surface value, it seems like the record is Burrows’ self therapy - coming to terms with his estrangement from Razorlight and the prospect of his future after the band as, on 'No Wonder', he muses to himself: “Now you fight with no wonder. And now you fight for no one, are you sure your spark has died forever. Are you sure, you sure, you’re over?” It's a record that’s painfully vulnerable and takes in a lot of soul searching; is this really all about Borrell? You can read that into it, but let's be honest: probably not.

But all in all the album looks promising and he brings the best of Razorlight and turns it in to something more modern and unusual it seems to flow well and could be a track for the iPod to play on those chilled out Sunday ore simply something to reflect upon. I’m pleased that Andy Burrows has been able to make a name for himself aside from Razorlight and hope to see what else he can do or even if this solo attempt lasts.

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