Roy Kerr was a postman who whistled himself into a new career. Warbling the Strokes and Christina Aguilera on his route gave him the idea to mix the strange bedfellows for 2001's Stroke of Genius bootleg. Kerr soon joined 2 Many DJs and Richard X as a mash-up maestro of note, with Paul McCartney inviting him to DJ on his world tour and plunder his back catalogue.
The title of his debut album is rather misleading, however, as there are few samples. Instead, Kerr has enlisted Snow Patrol vocalists Gary Lightbody and Iain Archer and - with a modicum of success - adopted the dance/rock hybrid pioneered by the Chemical Brothers and Primal Scream. Can't Hide suggests an old Paul Oakenfold remix of U2; the baggy beats and gospel of Want You to Know are evocative of Moby's Play; We Don't Belong sounds like Kerr filched a bit of Hey Jude while McCartney's back was turned.
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