My voice lends itself to Americana almost immediately, it has that kind of feel to it. Totally unintentional, it’s just the way I sing,” says Ottewell on the line from his Brighton home accompanied by his dog. My Liquid Skin obsession abated after a couple of years. I moved on to explore the blues in a far deeper sense. BO: Yeah, I'm certainly proud of what we did together for sure. That was the whole idea to make something unique. It's not the easiest thing to do with music, because you have only got a specific palette you can draw from, so I'm proud of the way we did that and stayed true to that kind of ethos.

Pryor, Sally (10 November 2019). "Listening to Gomez' Liquid Skin 20 years on is a real nostalgia trip". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021 . Retrieved 30 July 2021. Ottewell continues: “The Americana thing gave the likes of the NME and Melody Maker a way in to be critical, which was good. It was really good when we won the only award in the NME that was voted by for by their readers. We won, which was funny after they slagged us off for over two years.” Members [ edit ] Ian Ball, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, August 2006 Ben Ottewell, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, August 2006 Gomez - [Bring It On - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Disc 2) 2008] The Way You Do The Things You Do (BBC Radio One Session) (3:03)Gomez - [Bring It On - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Disc 2) 2008] Here Comes The Breeze (BBC Radio One Session) (6:09) a b c Martin, Piers (9 September 1999). "Gomez – Liquid Skin". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 . Retrieved 16 August 2021. We were able to get them and process them all at the same time. I think that had a lot to do with how we approached music. We were just great consumers of music basically, and we had the opportunity to listen to all this stuff.”

Five Men in a Hut: A's, B's and Rarities 1998–2004 (sleeve). Gomez. Hut/Virgin Records. 2006. CDHUTD 87/00946 372061 2 6. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) It remains the best song on the album, and perhaps the best song Gomez ever recorded. And that moment, just a handful of seconds, provides such an immense peak that it gives me chills just thinking about it. ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021 . Retrieved 11 August 2020. Any British indie band with a remotely broad musical vision was expected to deliver the next classic to compete with Radiohead's beast, even though it should have been obvious that it wasn't going to happen.

Gomez Get Fabulous for Philips Advertisement". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009 . Retrieved 18 April 2014.