Peace - World Pleasure (Live) / Since I've Been Loving You 12"

Peace - Record Store Day 12"

Review

Packaging looking slightly
worse for wear today...

Having laid my hands on one of the 1,000 copies of Peace's release for Record Store Day yesterday, and having played it nearly to death since, I feel it my solemn duty to review it.

The A side greets the listener with a live performance of World Pleasure - one of the clear standout tracks from Peace's 'Happy People', released earlier this year. Harry Koisser's playful vocals if anything sound better live than any studio recording could have captured. The bass solo outro sounds as funky, groovy and indulgent as ever, solidifying World Pleasure as one of Peace's best tracks, and one that works incredibly well live.

However, the real highlight of this album is its B side, a live cover of Led Zeppelin's Since I've Been Loving You. A Led Zeppelin cover is always a pretty daring thing to do, as nothing will ever really compare to the original, but Peace manage to pull it off with great success. Whilst shorter than the original, the cover really shows off Peace at their best, with Harry Koisser's singing  doing justice to Robert Plant's in the original, and brother Sam Koisser providing utterly excellent work on bass. The true highlight of this track however is the unexpectedly soulful guitar solo. This is a cover that truly shows off Peace's talents.