Verily Verily is the midsection of a longer track called Fairy Tale/ Verily Verily/ Fairy Tale, but it's not the tight RnB rock bookends of Fairytale with's Sly funk sing along that was that struck me but Verily Verily a whimsical gentle ditty. Verily verily is reflective of the gorgeous harmonies of Birmingham's best vocal band in the 60s, The Montanas; two members of Trapeze had come from that band. Though Trapeze originally started as a five piece it was the Hughes/Galley/Holland triumvirate that stuck while the aforementioned former Montanas, John Jones and Terry Rowley departed but not before leaving their strong harmonies on display on this debut album particularly Verily Verily and on Over.
Over is a rousing late 60s rocker with strong backing 'aahs' and dynamic back beat blues rock choruses and psych pop verses based on Tyrannosaurus Rex Eastern Twanging acoustic guitars and sunshine organs. It is a very 60s sounding album to it's disadvantage as the quality sounds like a cheap bubblegum record in it's flatness, however there are some more crisper productions such as It's My life with it's excellent mixing of crystal clear finger pickin, delicate vocals and bombastic drums. Then when we get to the epic wailing chorus so anthem with guitar wailing dis contently with the group's passion and determination it is quite simply the most memorable point in the whole album.
Suicide is an incredible track with a spooky harmony and sinister combination of an organ slowly creeping in and some fat guitar/ bass rock. The 60s spirit of bouncy, funkified organ drenched hard rock was still in fashion at the time of this album's release and it works well if it lacks the weight of the cleaner Production of early 70s rockers like Pink Floyd, Sabbath etc. its my life
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