“I don’t remember yesterday, but I remember when I was eight years old.”
The opening lyrics of “Sure & Steady,” Gained / Lost’s second track, underline a core concern of UK indie stalwarts The Wave Pictures’ 20th (!) album: the passage of time, what can and cannot be remembered, what may or may not have a bearing on the here and now. A look at the images collected for the Exile On Main Street-style sleeve of Gained / Lost confirms what’s going on.
Thematic considerations aside, The Wave Pictures have a fondness for American musical archetypes. Despite guitarist and singer David Tattersall’s Edwyn Collins/Vic Goddard-esque voice, he and the band – Jonny Helm (drums) and Franic Rozycki (bass): a female vocalist who is…