Released: 22/06/09

Some bad stuff is going down. The man/boy/accessory/love of your life has totally let you down. Seriously. He didn’t talk to you the whole night and it’s just so definitely over. Bastard. Walking down the street you realise you absolutely need a soundtrack to this horrendous episode in your bloody hard life. Aha! Well, I would recommend Sam Isaac’s What Good Did That Do?, starting with the line; “I ask you what you’ve done for me,” and continuing; “It took the breath right out of me, like rejection of my family, Baby what’s it worth? This is the last time” (repeated).

Three words spring to mind instantly - fitting, emotional…and deep. If you want to be in a British version of a US series in the vein of The Hills or Gossip Girl, Isaac is your man. His debut album, Bears, is a journey home alone, thinking. Sideways is based on pleasant, melodic guitar. Bears has a good intro and then some smatterings of rock thrown in. Come Back Home Tonight is fast and digestible and Sticker, Star and Tape has some electro excitement.

As Isaac vowel twists - ‘wartarr’ (water), payparr (paper) - you can literally hear the furrowed brow and the upward tilted head. Isaac has got emotional stuff to say, he’s young and wants to be played in the background of your lives. Don’t you just want a man like him? Cathartic sounds for hearts in turmoil but with a capacity to ‘move on’ really fast. Particularly those young and introspective, making choices influencing the whole ‘who they are’ shebang. Also, of course, those such as deciding in their difficult moment… is it Sam Isaac or Radiohead? I would plump for Radiohead. Sam will sell, the Radio One people like him but I think Isaac’s breed is a little middle of the road and nauseating myself.

www.samisaac.co.uk

Helen Martin