5つ星のうち5.0THE LONG BLONDES 'Someone To Drive You Home'
2009年9月20日に英国でレビュー済み
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First discovered this band during the summer of 2006 in Rome via the video of 'Giddy Stratospheres' (regularly shown on some dedicated indie music video tv station there) but was never impressed enough to really investigate them any further. Eventually though purchased the 7" vinyl single and then began to really like what I heard (plus also it had a really fine flip in 'Never To Be Repeated' which is not on this album) and so let's go driving. The album opens with a squeal of feedback & sets off in fairly frantic style with 'Lust In The Movies'. The pace continues via 'Once & Never Again' (3rd single lifted). Clever lyrics. In fact the album is seemingly one long advice lesson (warnings) to other females that vocalist Kate Jackson dishes out. Excepting though 2 of the 12 numbers then it is guitarist Dorian Cox who provides the words, but they are as if from a female point of view? How can this possibly work - but it does! Top songs continue to relentlessly roll out like 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and the already mentioned the fantastic 'Giddy Stratospheres' (probably the best track here & 4th single lifted). There's a change of pace with 6th 'Heaven Help The New Girl' being a ballad ("so go, just go, because you'll never be nineteen again). Fave lyric is "well, that's what happens when you listen to saint scott walker on headphones on the bus - what about us?" from 'You Could Have Both'. 9th track 'Swallow Tattoo' seems similar to what we've already heard but with that extra emotion it pulls at the heart strings. There are many subtle references to previous time zones (60s especially) & the front cover which is a painting by Kate of Faye Dunaway from the film Bonnie & Clyde already sort of captures this feeling quite well, plus they remind of Eleanor Rigby & the more obvious Blondie. Final track 'A Knife For The Girls' will kill any reservations that you have. The quintet puts everything into this album & it's obvious there's plenty of energy. There are some fine structured guitar licks by Dorian subtly placed beneath & within the frantic rhythm section but it all fits together well. Made #44 in UK charts but surely deserved better. A fine journey of energetic melodic female tinged indie guitar punk pop. What is important here is that the more you listen the more you realize the brilliance & you'll be screaming for a return ticket.