The Long Blondes - Once And Never Again
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The Long Blondes
Release Date: 23/10/06
Label: Rough Trade
Rating: 8/10
It seems like the wrong time of year to be hearing music like this. Here, The Long Blondes dish out their bittersweet melodies with a panache fitting of summertime. Who cares who they sound like? This new single sounds like getting told off by someone you respect, except you don't care. You don't care because you're very pleased with yourself. You're very pleased with yourself because you're happily ignoring your interlocutor by listening to this single via a neatly concealed earphone behind cautiously primed cool-but-not-too-cool geometric hair.
There's nothing complicated here. Nothing has been over-produced. Nothing is showcased. It's fortunate that when you can sing along to something so freely, nothing has to be. The Long Blondes are quickly possessing a knack for banging out a tune that everyone could love if they wanted to, in a range that anyone can hum. It's pop music with a message, and the message is: 'We're going to eat you all up'.
Richard Bendall-Jones
The Long Blondes Official Site
The Long Blondes Myspace
Buy The Long Blondes CDs | Buy The Long Blondes mp3s | Buy The Long Blondes Tickets | Buy The Long Blondes Merch
Release Date: 23/10/06
Label: Rough Trade
Rating: 8/10
It seems like the wrong time of year to be hearing music like this. Here, The Long Blondes dish out their bittersweet melodies with a panache fitting of summertime. Who cares who they sound like? This new single sounds like getting told off by someone you respect, except you don't care. You don't care because you're very pleased with yourself. You're very pleased with yourself because you're happily ignoring your interlocutor by listening to this single via a neatly concealed earphone behind cautiously primed cool-but-not-too-cool geometric hair.
There's nothing complicated here. Nothing has been over-produced. Nothing is showcased. It's fortunate that when you can sing along to something so freely, nothing has to be. The Long Blondes are quickly possessing a knack for banging out a tune that everyone could love if they wanted to, in a range that anyone can hum. It's pop music with a message, and the message is: 'We're going to eat you all up'.
Richard Bendall-Jones
The Long Blondes Official Site
The Long Blondes Myspace
Buy The Long Blondes CDs | Buy The Long Blondes mp3s | Buy The Long Blondes Tickets | Buy The Long Blondes Merch
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