Hello. I've not been upto much since last post. This morning I got a ticket to see Blur at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, so that should be nice. Smaller than the July shows by a long way.
Today I have listened to 2 albums that are coming out shortly. Both by survivors of the 90s brit-pop era...
Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
Engineered by Steve Albini and songs by Jarvis Cocker, you wouldn't doubt this was going to be good would you? It's a bit of a strange one, not as many ballads are his first solo album. A lot of dirty rock n roll guitars on this one, some along the lines of 'Get Ready For Love' Nick Cave. The guitar sound even touches on Shellac on the first track, maybe that's down to Albini... The tracks are good, not as good as a lot of Pulp's 90s output obviously, but good anyhow. I've only given it a couple of listens so far but early signs are promising, a lot of tracks you wouldn't mind hearing if you were out drinking some fine Belgian beer.
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
If you're wanting 'Freakin' Out' and 'Standing On My Own Again' you'd do well not to bother picking this up. I like it a lot, he revisits a lot of the areas covered on some of his earlier work. Very acoustic for the most part, some noisy guitar work here and there but nothing too drastic. Great album to sit back and relax to. It apparently tells a story throughout, it's no The Wall, though. Country, Folk, Pop, Americana and Lo-Fi moments making up a very rewarding listen. Like I said though, don't expect feel good songs of the summer here.
Check your local independant retailer (unless HMV bought them all out) for more details on release dates and formats because I'm feeling very lazy at the moment.
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