Hatcham Social - You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil

They don't make them like this anymore - the well-scrubbed Londoneering indipoptastic quartet Hatcham Social consist of Toby Kidd (vocals/guitar), Finn Kidd (drums), Dave Fineberg (bass/vocals) and multi-tasking new boy Jerome Watson (synth/guitar). You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil is Hatcham Social's debut album. Recorded at big mushroom studios in the north of England with the Charlatans singer Tim Burgess and Jim Spencer at the controls this is a spiky, sparky collection of itching pop tunes which hark back to a time of musical innocence. Live favorites "So So Happy Making" and "Penelope (under my hat)" make reappearances, but other than those old lags this is a set of brand new songs highlighted by the tetchy lead off single "Murder in the Dark," and the frankly terrific summer-anthem-in-waiting "Sidewalk."