British guitar pop group
the Windmills follow in the footsteps of such great guitar pop bands like
the House of Love,
the Weather Prophets,
the Go-Betweens, and
Lloyd Cole and the Rattlesnakes. They have the same ringing, jangling guitar and propulsive drumming. Roy Thrilwall has a world-weary mope of a voice that is eerily reminiscent of
Lawrence of
Felt at times. Like the songs of the aforementioned bands, the songs on
Sunlight are mostly depressing and heartbroken: "Pounds, Shilling and Pence" and "When It Was Winter" are almost desolate in a shrugged-shoulders kind of way. Even the jauntily titled "Be Groovy or Leave" is a downer, since it isn't the singer giving the command, he's on the receiving end. Bummer. While
the Windmills don't quite reach the level of their influences,
Sunlight is a pretty good record and is recommended to fans of sensitive British guitar pop.