Prattle

Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism
Good, reasonably funky return from NIN. Silly, silly lyrics, but I’m a fan of nuReznor. I’d like to hear Pretty Hate Machine with the production values of his latest albums.

Voxtrot - Wrecking Force
Look out, it’s another Cure-fixated bunch of American janglemasters. Good, though. Stumbled across this in a newsgroup, with little explanation. A fairly good EP, so it should be interesting to hear an album. I’ll do some digging.

Euros Childs - Bore Da
A Bore Da i chi, Euros. Dydw i ddim yn hoffi coffi ar y bws, ond mae ceffyl yn siarad ffrangeg yn y cae. Fluid, I am. It’s not Gorky’s, but it is quite sweet. “Bore Da” means “Good Morning”, by the way.

…And they will know us by the trail of dead - Relative ways
Saw them playing a pretty heavy set a few weeks ago, and made numerous mental notes to go back to previous albums. This was particularly good, with its deafening crescendo.

Maximo Park - Karaoke plays
They’ve come back with a belting new single, but the forthcoming album also contains this almost glorious two-parter.

The Rakes - Suspicious eyes
I thought the rap was done by Mr. Plan B at first, but it’s not. I thought he’d finally come full Ali G and claimed to be “brown”. But he didn’t. Still, this isn’t a bad way to write about the 7th July bombings, even if the rap is a bit ham-fisted.

Switches - Drama Queen
E.L.O. again, from the energetic tykes with too many tunes. Great, this.

CSS - alcohol
Everyone fancies her, don’t they? And this one sounds like the Sugarcubes, I think.

The Aliens - Rox
I absolutely love this. It’s almost a reprise of Robot Man on the album (borrowing, as it does, some of its lyrics and hooks) but it doesn’t need its more familiar donor to prop it up. There’s more than a whiff of Madchester about it, and that synth sound gets better with increased volume.

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