Because You (2003)

For those grooving to the first EP of this single by this Scottish pop group making a comeback with a new singer (guitarist Stephen Fleming has taken over), this "U.K. CD #2" version not only includes another folk track, "The Carpenter Song" in that very same mode, but also Stephen Stills' Crosby Stills & Nash standard "Hopelessly Hoping." And though it is a rather nice version, proving their first-class abilities as four-part harmony singers, again, none of these tracks really compete all that well with the fabulous ... Read More

For those grooving to the first EP of this single by this Scottish pop group making a comeback with a new singer (guitarist Stephen Fleming has taken over), this "U.K. CD #2" version not only includes another folk track, "The Carpenter Song" in that very same mode, but also Stephen Stills' Crosby Stills & Nash standard "Hopelessly Hoping." And though it is a rather nice version, proving their first-class abilities as four-part harmony singers, again, none of these tracks really compete all that well with the fabulous Teenage Fanclub homage on the A-side, "Because You," or the rest of the more substantial LP. On record at least, a meatier Cosmics is a better Cosmics. ~ Jack Rabid, Rovi Read Less