Someone To Drive You Home
The Long Blondes
Someone To Drive You Home
The Long Blondes are a quintet consisting of two dudes and three gals from out of Sheffield, England, home to acts like the Arctic Monkeys and Pulp, it must be something they put in the water there.
SDYH is one of those albums that feel like a breath of fresh air, after a long trudge in the murky wasteland of 'Today's Music' and I must say it is abso-freakin-lutley fun with a capital F.
First of all lead singer Kate Jackson has that type of voice and attitude that is likely to catapult her into the Pantheons of Rock somewhere in the future. One of the more exciting female rock vocalists to appear since Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Jackson's voice is sultry, sexy and sweet at the same time.
SYDH is full of catchy guitar riffs, rapid drum beats and snappy lyrics. Jackson sings about love/lust, desire, sex and the movies all with a imperturbable yet adventurous attitude towards it all. On 'Once and Never Again' she berates a young female with an abusive other half, You're only nineteen/You're only nineteen for God's sake/Oh,You don't need a boyfriend and in the next verse exclaims how she'd love to feel 'a girl your age'. Wicked.
She absconds with another lonely girl in a viciously fun track and gets 'Separated by Motorways', the A14 and the A1 to be precise. Jackson also shows her range with a languid ballad 'Heaven Help the New Girl' evincing pity and whimsical longing in the same line. An odd addition, though no less witty is the vocal track duet claimed to have been inspired by listening to Saint Scott Walker. On Headphones. On The Bus.
Here The Long Blondes seem to have been influenced by the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths, Debbie Harry and Pulp. A couple of tracks will feel like fillers in the 12 track album, but catchy tunes and clever lyrics make this album this definitely worth a listen. An explosive Debut.
Now I gotta get me some of that Sheffield Water.
-Ed
Recommended Tracks: Weekend without Makeup, Giddy Stratospheres, Once and Never Again, Heaven Help the New Girl
Someone To Drive You Home
The Long Blondes are a quintet consisting of two dudes and three gals from out of Sheffield, England, home to acts like the Arctic Monkeys and Pulp, it must be something they put in the water there.
SDYH is one of those albums that feel like a breath of fresh air, after a long trudge in the murky wasteland of 'Today's Music' and I must say it is abso-freakin-lutley fun with a capital F.
First of all lead singer Kate Jackson has that type of voice and attitude that is likely to catapult her into the Pantheons of Rock somewhere in the future. One of the more exciting female rock vocalists to appear since Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Jackson's voice is sultry, sexy and sweet at the same time.
SYDH is full of catchy guitar riffs, rapid drum beats and snappy lyrics. Jackson sings about love/lust, desire, sex and the movies all with a imperturbable yet adventurous attitude towards it all. On 'Once and Never Again' she berates a young female with an abusive other half, You're only nineteen/You're only nineteen for God's sake/Oh,You don't need a boyfriend and in the next verse exclaims how she'd love to feel 'a girl your age'. Wicked.
She absconds with another lonely girl in a viciously fun track and gets 'Separated by Motorways', the A14 and the A1 to be precise. Jackson also shows her range with a languid ballad 'Heaven Help the New Girl' evincing pity and whimsical longing in the same line. An odd addition, though no less witty is the vocal track duet claimed to have been inspired by listening to Saint Scott Walker. On Headphones. On The Bus.
Here The Long Blondes seem to have been influenced by the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths, Debbie Harry and Pulp. A couple of tracks will feel like fillers in the 12 track album, but catchy tunes and clever lyrics make this album this definitely worth a listen. An explosive Debut.
Now I gotta get me some of that Sheffield Water.
-Ed
Recommended Tracks: Weekend without Makeup, Giddy Stratospheres, Once and Never Again, Heaven Help the New Girl