Occupying territory somewhere between Deerhunter and Grizzly Bear, ‘You Can Have What You Want’ by San Francisco’s Papercuts is a big dreamy record. This is how early 1990s shoegaze bands would have sounded like if they had sussed that a semblance of melody was more important than a sludgy wall of sound.

Highlights include ‘Once We Walked In Sunshine’ which has more than a hint of Air in its opening riff, ‘Dictator’s Lament’ with a chorus echoing  Neil Young’s ‘Like  A Hurricane’ but done by the house band at the Blackpool Tower ballroom with its enormous whirling organ sound and ‘Jetplane’ a gorgeous slice of washed out west coast pop.

The whole album has a the feel of a sixties Merseybeat single played at thirty three and one third, which you have to say is a lot more appealing than a Merseybeat single played at 45 rpm.

Check out the Papercuts Myspace site HERE.