Album Review Trudy and the Romance - Sandman
4 StarsA tonic in an age that sorely needs them.

A concept album about the heartbroken singer of a fictional doo-wop band is probably about the least likely pitch for success you could think of. But it’s this steadfast refusal to play ball with the modern world that makes Liverpool’s Trudy and the Romance such an endearing proposition. On debut ‘Sandman’ they go all in; from the “shoo be doo” backing vocals that adorn opener ‘My Baby’s Gone Away’ to the Disney-esque twinkles of ‘The Crying Girl’ to the barbershop harmonies of ‘The Hopeless Romantic’ (a track which very much does what it says on the tin), the trio create an all-enveloping universe that harks back to a more innocent time, all helmed by singer Oliver Taylor’s swooning, crooning vocal. It’s a tonic in an age that sorely needs them, and one executed with the unwavering dedication of the kind of guys who’d stand outside your window for a serenade. You wouldn’t put it past them.
More like this

Trudy and The Romance unveil new single ‘The Last Rodeo’
It follows April’s single ‘Angel’.

Trudy and the Romance return with ‘Angel’
It’s their first new music in three years.

Lacuna Common, Crystal, Trudy and the Romance and Italia 90 deliver packed-out rooms on the DIY x Jack Daniel’s Presents tour
We took the show on the road for three buzzy nights, and here’s how it all went down.

Italia 90, Trudy and the Romance & CRYSTAL for DIY & Jack Daniel’s Presents UK mini-tour
We’ll also be taking the winner of the Sound of Summer tour on the road with us.