Mohair Sweets

An Introduction to Mohair Sweets... (self-published)

During the 90s Canadian singer, musician, songwriter and scooterist Colin Bryce ran a fanzine by the name of Mohair Sweets. His fanzine ran its course over nearly a decade, after which Colin took the decision to return to gigging himself. Five years ago he took his gigging forward another stage by putting together a band with a view to writing and recording, as well as performing. Mohair Sweets the band were born. Since forming in 2013 a quartet of limited edition EPs have been released, which more or less brings us up to the present.

An Introduction to Mohair Sweets is a seven-track (including a bonus) best of, so far, a musical snapshot of what Colin and Mohair Sweets are all about.

It consists of five interestingly selected covers, (of less obvious choices), including a Ronnie Lane-penned Slim Chance tune (Good ’Ol Boys Boogie), Steve Marriott/ Ronnie Lane composition for Small Faces (There’s Something I Want To Tell You), Motorhead’s Black Leather Jacket, an obscure Jody Harris album track from ‘82, (You Better Read Before You Sign) and a Cliff Crawford-penned Skeets McDonald Detroit Rockabilly number (What a Lonesome Life It’s Been).

Instead of being generic copies of the originals they are represented and reimagined, with Mohair Sweets putting their own stamp on each. Colin has a wide and eclectic taste in music, reflected in the aforementioned covers as well as his own composition, elements of hard-edged blues, raw rhythm and blues, punk, rockabilly and art rock, and it’s all punctuated at times with mod revival-era power chords. Exemplified by The Green Light, a Colin Bryce original that takes no prisoners, the other Colin-penned track on An Introduction, Dream Filled Nights, displays another dimension to Mohair Sweets. Word is, Mohair Sweets will be visiting the UK later this year for a series of select live shows. Sarge

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