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Rating: It's never easy for me to understand why sometimes I am struck by albums like this one, apparently "banal" yet it immediately stuck in my head.. the rhythm, the very 80's atmosphere captured me, the singing that will surely remind many here of Ian Curtis.
In 1991 this trio, led by the "frigid" frontman Patrick Fitzgerald, released this album that is essentially a mix between vintage Dream Pop and 90s Alternative. In the previous work, we find some rather forgettable tracks, but in this work, the band carries forward this Dream Pop style through to the end of the album, the sound remains static, the voice almost never exceeds (except for "always corpses at breakfast time" at the end of "quick as rainbows"). This is probably the band's strength, carrying forward such an engaging, sentimental sound that immediately captivates the listener.
I discovered this album thanks to YouTube, at first I was almost in awe... then I realized something... the damn Editors are copying these guys 200%... and in fact, on the internet, the only note about the band is indeed the similarity between Fitzgerald's voice and the vocalist of the Editors (an irony, moreover, since Fitzgerald himself "coined" the vocal style of Ian Curtis).
Notable tracks include "Quick As Rainbows" "Aspray" (it practically sounds like a Smiths song), "Within The Daze Of Passion" and "Drive That Fast". The cover partly recalls "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai (also featured in the P.F.M.'s "Live In Japan").
There's little else to write about this rare album, it's ideal if you are foot fetish maniacs and want to lick your mistress's feet, it's the perfect background (after "Disintegration" by the Cure). The subsequent works are certainly mediocre just like the previous one, personally, I would highlight this one, a great promise not kept?
I would say no, even if they could have done better with subsequent works
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Quick as Rainbows (03:48)
As she walks home tonight
To her house and ignores the stars
She knows there's no-one waiting
Tomorrow isn't clear enough
To give her strength or make her want
To wake and walk in the morning.
And there's hope that I've taken
And there's drugs to make it painless
And men, we're quick as rainbows,
Always rare to keep her thirsty
And I've gone, like she'd always known.
As I walk home tonight,
To my house and ignore the stars,
I know there's someone waiting,
Tomorrow is very clear,
It gives me strength and makes me want
To wake and walk in the morning
But there's hope that I've taken
And there's drugs to make it painless
And men, we're quick as rainbows,
Always rare to keep her thirsty
And I've gone, like she'd always known.
There were times of troubled dreams of hate
I'd take her down to the lake with our love
Watch it swim, we'd watch it drown
Watch our love bob up and down.
And there's hope that I've taken
And there's drugs to make it painless
And men, we're quick as rainbows,
Always rare to keep her thirsty
And I've gone, like she'd always known.
Always corpses at breakfast time.
08 Drive That Fast (05:35)
You stand here in my place
Feel the warmth upon your face
Stand back and start to smile
You now have time, you now have will.
I would never want to leave this country
Where roads are fast and knowledge easy.
I would never want to take you with me
Unless you're open and trust my hand.
I would never wish this much on you
When what you have might be enough.
I would never want to drive that fast
Unless you're ready, willing, happy.
Take me away from these simple feelings I know
There's places on the other sides of here.
Take me away from these simple feelings I know,
I'll take that car and drive there faster.
I would never want to take you with me
Until you're open and grab my hand.
I would never wish this much on you
Until you like to live that fast.
I would never want to do that to you
To take you far and leave you stranded.
I have never gone quite far enough
But you can get off whenever you like.
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