The Sherlocks - Under Your Sky review

The Guardian 80

(Infectious/BMG)
The band’s second album, with producer James Skelly, leaps from their previous elementary indie into effervescent rock songs to be sung out loud

Mirroring Catfish and the Bottlemen’s emergence from Llandudno, young indie foursome the Sherlocks blazed out of deprived Bolton upon Dearne in South Yorkshire in 2017 and landed in the Top 10. Titling their debut Live for the Moment seemed to confirm that their spirited but elementary indie rock didn’t bode too well for longevity. However, their second album makes a surprising quantum leap. Producer James Skelly – the Coral’s melodic alchemist – has helmed a much more mature, effervescent rock sound closer to the Killers or Manchester’s James (who are tellingly name-checked).