15 STOREYS HIGH

15 Storeys are about pop songs. Proper pop songs. Pop songs with a bit of that scouse tradition of sea shanty story telling mixed up with a bit country. And choruses. Good old choruses. They do good too, earning former La’s guitarist Barry Sutton as one of their growing army of fans. He says this:



’Let me share something with you, gentle reader. A few weeks ago, I was in a beatnik hangout in the Aigburth area watching a fine four-piece combo. They played a song, and when the chorus arrived, I nearly had a heart attack! The melody, a beautiful descending minor scale over a melancholic chord cycle is so addictive, I spent a week in The Priory at the expense of Liverpool.com attempting to recover from it. The song ‘My Love’ has now been recorded at Parr Street, adorned with three part harmonies and Latin-style horns, and I can only describe the result as the best Liverpool pop song since ‘There She Goes’-yes, that good.’



An endorsement by a La? Matching it to their ubiquitous classic? Worth a punt? Definitely.

Words by Craig Thompson, Another Media