Its just over 30 years ago that former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler and ex Thieves frontman David McAlmont unleashed the extraordinary single Yes at the beginning of a summer awash with Britpop and Ibiza rave. With its instantclassic sound, augmented by soaring 60s strings, it sounded epic and most definitely unlike anything else at the time. Rightly, today its considered a stonecold classic.When it followed in the December of the same year, the album The Sound Of was an immensely satisfying and beguiling mix of classic songwriting, immaculate production, and blending of rock and soul. The album was also singled out by critics as one of the years very best. The Guardian newspaper awarded it a maximum 5 stars while The Timess critic commented the monumental climax to the sevenminutelong 039You Do039 provides a fitting end both to the album and to a relationship that shook so hard that perhaps it had to shatter.
