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Reviewed by Dave Griffiths
Hailing from Reading, Morning Runner are signed to Faith & Hope Records (part of Parlophone, home to giants like Blur and Supergrass). The background to this band stems from the healthy live music scene in Reading where other indie players were born like Pure Reason Revolution, The Cooper Temple Clause and old youth group buddies, The Race (now signed to Shift Disco). Morning Runner put out several very good seven inches before this full debut album and earned themselves a national following on the toilet tour . Wilderness. is a cohesive body of work comprising of 11 guitar/piano-based tracks. The piano and guitar work seem to battle each other for supremacy throughout the album, not least evident on the enjoyably unpredictable opener It s Not Like Everyone s My Friend . The next two songs take the tempo up and the energy captured on Gone Up In Flames helps make it one of the standout tracks on the album. Matthew Greener, singer and guitarist, is a c