[RATING: 5] Right – look sharp – Fred Perry on and shake some talc on the floor, Daytoner’s only gone and dropped a rather enormous neo-northern soul 45 – Needed You. That’s Daytoner in the full live band sense of course. No pussying around with edits, mashups and programmed beats n samples, no, it’s all about the six-piece outfit, hob-nobbing with Craig Charles and rocking packed crowds on the Festival circuit these days. And justifiably so too. Needed You provides classic ‘northern’ vibes with a piano and horns-laced (not to mention flute-trimmed) stomper on which singer Lucy Richards praises her man. Meanwhile, on the flip, the band gets Sicka covering a shuffling Brunswick banger with new vocals. It’s a limited run with no plans for a re-press so get your pre-orders in now! An album follows.
(Out 30 March on Cabin Pressure Records)