Artist : The Indelicates
Album : Julia, We Don't Live In The '60s
Label : Weekender
Genre : Indie
Bitrate : 168 kbps avg
Source : CD Maxi (3-5+ tracks)
Playtime : 00:12:32 (15.7MB)
Rls date : 2007-07-02
Store date : 2007-07-02
[Track List]
1. Julia, We Don't Live In The '60s 3:24
2. Point Me To The West 4:30
3. Unity Mitford (Live In Innsbruck) 4:38
The bitting sarcasm hits you from the get-go. ôWeÆve never
had it so goodö sings The Indelicates in the name-sake
opening track of their third single, Julia, We DonÆt Live
In The 60s. Coupled with the Onion-esque satire of the
ôprotestö signs on the cover (featuring phrases such as
ôItÆs Fine,ö ôIt Could Be Worse,ö and ôSlight Improvements
Soon-ishö), you know The Indelicates think things are
anything but good. But this is what you get when you
couple two poets together in a band. Simon and Julia
Indelicate (the same Juila Indelicate who formed The
Pipettes), the frontman and woman (respectively), met at a
poetry slam (which Simon won). Thus, every one of the
three tracks on this single are finely crafted, with the
instrumental music taking a backseat (until the blazing
solo in ôUnity Mitford (Live In Innsbruck)ö). The
Indelicates are poppy, perhaps overly so in ôJulia, We
DonÆt Live In The 60sö but again, that just might be the
point. ôPoint Me To The Westö is slower and much more
morose, stripping away the guitars and any other bright
instruments in favor of a ballad-ready piano and lyrics
scathing of the church. ItÆs a protest CD, trying very
hard to still be listenable in a contemporary sense. And
perhaps it achieves that status, by making up for ôPoint
Me To The Westö with ôUnity Mitford (Live In Innsbruck),ö
another slower, ballad-orientated trackùbut this one much
more digestible with romantic lyrics and a glittering
guitar solo. And, if you disengage yourself from the
critical message behind each song, could be a
straight-edged indie-pop release. But it seems wasteful to
ignore the scathing criticism lined throughout this
release, delivered in a sarcastic, poetic manner. ItÆs a
protest release, plain and simpleùand like any good
protest song itÆs listenable no matter what your mood, or
what the time period.