Review of The Holiday Plan's CD "Stories / Sunshine"

The Holiday Plan: Stories / Sunshine

Summer is almost here. The sun is beating down and the ground is starting to slowly toast in the scorching heat. Drunken students coming back home for the holidays after weeks of exams. The aptly titled band The Holiday Plan, with their even more suitably titled debut single "Stories/Sunshine", provide us with a potential soundtrack to the summer.

Comparisons have been made to fellow British rockers Hundred Reasons which is obvious when you initially here "Stories" but on further inspection it becomes apparent that their music carries a greater weight than that of their UK counterparts and that it shouldn't take too long before they overtake them in the race to be top dogs in the British rock scene.

Second track "Sunshine" is easier on the ear and is a fine example of emo being taken to the next level. This is a step forward for the genre instead of a step sideways. Infectious like a Weezer song but packs the punch of anything by Fugazi.

So slap on the sun tan lotion, put this in your CD player and let the summer fly by.

• www.theholidayplan.co.uk

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