Blog: State Magazine

A little bird told me before I listened to this album that Broken Records were the Scottish Arcade Fire. They're not, but you can see where some of the comparisons have come from - there's seven members in each band, live shows are full-on, with instruments being circulated as frequently as joints, and the songs they both create having an anthemic quality. But against this, there are no roaring choral choruses, and no church organ. These are cheap comparisons based on band member figures and the use of the fiddle, but the music is so different. Where the [...]