“I’m so / I’m so Distracted / Can’t concentrate on anything at all” sing the terminally twitching youths, fed on a culture of short attention spans and attention-seeking behaviour. But you, audience, how could you not concentrate on this?
Just two persons plus their respective instruments; four elements engaged in a serious playground tussle. The guitar is a bully, all sharks-teeth points with serrated edges, pointing fingers and knocking half-serious punches at its victim. Drums are vying to be noticed, all high speed clatter and hi-hat acrobatics. Over the top of this commotion, Laura-Mary and Steven’s boy versus girl verbal attack is what really commands notice: Laura-Mary, in the style of a snotty nosed brat, taunting “Now now now now boy”; Steven playing the role of wiry-limbed misaligned youth, “Giving myself a heart attack”.
They are perfectly within their rights to sound this arrogant – even with just the few repeated over-and-over lyrics, this is one of the brashest and best singles of two-zero-zero-six thus far.
apparently
it now won't be in shops till May 22nd, but they'll have copies for "most" of their tour dates coming up next week.
Coventry
Free show this thursday at the Golden Cross! Be There or Be Circle!
I so hope
my record shop will have it...
Just heard this on myspace
Top song
Eh?
Only 9!? Okay, that's excellent, but y'know...
Blood Red Shoeses are perfect-o anyway