Artist : Rumble Strips
Album : Hate Me
Label : Transgressive
Genre : Indie
Bitrate : 193 kbps avg
Source : CD Single (1-2 tracks)
Playtime : 00:07:10 (10.3MB)
Rls date : 2007-06-01
Store date : 2006-06-12
[Track List]
1. Hate Me 3:24
2. Girls And Weather 3:46
If Rumble Strips released 'Hate Me' in the winter, they
would surely be derided by the tabloid music press for
trying to be Eton's answer to Less Than Jake. I'm unsure
whether any of the 'Strips actually attended said
establishment, but there's something undeniably toff about
Charlie Waller's voice.
It's the summer, though, so this will and should be
overlooked. Instead, rejoice in some gorgeous brass,
particularly the sax (a most underused instrument in
modern pop) that kicks things off before Waller tells a
tale of domestic disharmony against a deliciously ska
inflected backdrop.
The lyrics to this summer-time sizzler concern a faltering
relationship, but could easily be applied to anybody who's
ever lived with somebody they don't get on with û that's
all of us, then... a prime example of populist
songwriting, this.