Van Houten – ‘The Tallest Room’ album review

Brilliantly named Van Houten have released ‘The Tallest Room’, a record seven years in the making. The Leeds band enlisted the ears and ideas of producer Alex Greaves (bdrmm, Bloc Party) to help and the result is an emotional snapshot of the band’s formulative years that also manages to look ahead to an optimistic future.

‘Black and White’ opens the record with a burst of feedback and precision drumming while shoegaze guitar soon comes to the fore. This is quickly ...