Artist : Little Man Tate
Album : This Must Be Love
Label : V2
Genre : Indie
Bitrate : 189 kbps avg
Source : CD Maxi (3-5+ tracks)
Playtime : 00:14:25 (20.5MB)
Rls date : 2007-04-02
Store date : 2007-04-02
[Track List]
1. This Must Be Love 3:23
2. Hello Miss Lovely (So You Like My Jeans) 3:52
3. Too Quick To Type 3:32
4. The Self Appreciation Club 3:38
Some bands get more attention than they could ever claim
to deserve. Others seem to fall by the wayside. Such is
life.
ItÆs hardly P45 time for SheffieldÆs best new band, but
having been poised to gatecrash the mainstream at the
start of the year, the Little Man Tate juggernaut has come
to a crashing halt. Previous single Sexy In Latin scraped
into the Top Twenty: a great result, and their biggest hit
so far. But then the album About What You Know came out
and sank without trace, barely denting the Top Thirty.
ItÆs disappointing- sure, chart success isnÆt everything,
but OMH has followed these lads from their debut single,
and rarely does a band come along with so many potential
hits under their belt.
The album is chock-full of the kind of pop classics that
Ricky Wilson could only dream of writing, and this
lovelorn anthem is a prime example. Slightly hampered by
its similarity to the Arctic MonkeysÆ Mardy Bum, it
probably wonÆt stop the tribute-band snides. Which is a
shame, as this is storytelling pop at its best, with lines
like "you werenÆt the first girl that I ever kissed with
tongues/ But you were the best, you let me touch your
chest" worthy of Cocker, Skinner or indeed Turner. If only
the record company would promote them a bit more...
A star-studded video (well, featuring Nana from the Royle
Family, asleep) suggests the men in suits may have caught
on, and this could finally get them some of the
recognition they deserve. ItÆs a start, at least.
Alternatively, itÆll just be overshadowed by the ArcticsÆ
comeback. Such is life.