In 2015 London-based Bromide got their electric shoes back on with new bass player Hugo Wilkinson joining long-term collaborators, singer-guitarist Simon Berridge and drummer Ed Lush.. Again stuffed full of pop delights struggling to reach the 3 minute mark such as `Two Song Slot', the story of a disastrous open-mic encounter turning into a last minute victory and `Tale To Tell' a conscience-pricked near perfect example of the Bromide sound written in the studio while recording, the album also sees the band begin to stretch their wings a bit. `Magic Coins' has an unexpected almost drum and bass inspired rhythm track while title track `I Woke Up' is a 6 minute Doorsian odyssey.. Elsewhere Patti Smith's `Dancing Barefoot' is given a thorough work out plus there are contributions from the rhythm section with Lush writing the music for both `I'll Never Learn' and `Always Now' while Wilkinson provides a breath of fresh air in proceedings with the instrumental `Futurist Shore Leave'. With `I Woke Up' Bromide have firmly fixed the songwriter onto the band and vice-a-versa..... As one recent twitter live review summed up "They rock hard but the tunes come first: like Elvis Costello fronting Dinosaur Jr" Ain't gonna argue with that.
