ARTiST: The Rumble Strips
TiTLE: Girls And Weather
LABEL: Island
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 37:49 min
SiZE: 55,10 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-19-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-17-2007
WEBSiTE: www.therumblestrips.com
Track List:
01. No Soul 02:44
02. Alarm Clock 03:13
03. Building A Boat 02:39
04. Girls And Boys In Love 02:33
05. Oh Creole 03:15
06. Motorcycle 03:57
07. Time 03:33
08. Clouds 03:37
09. Don't Dumb Down 02:54
10. Cowboy 02:40
11. Hate Me (You Do) 03:14
12. Hands 03:30
Release Notes:
"I aint got no soul", announces the slightly lurid
and hearty voiced front engine, Charles Waller for
the ska skirting upstarts The Rumble Strips.
However, this slightly anti-social, blues-beat of a
debut album opener shows that whatever they lack for
in soul, they more than make up for in rhythm.
This is something that has been amplified over the
past twelve months, through their feisty live sets,
the highlight of which being their lofty headline
slot on the NME/Topman New Bands Tour. By far their
most catchiest and proud ska leaning anthem is
previous single, 'Alarm Clock' that eeks out
beleaguering, adolescent bemusement. This is a theme
that trickles through the album like blood and gives
it some added colour.
The good time indie tag that commentators have been
placing on this full bodied, horn featuring gang
from Tavistock, is a little misleading. However,
it's easy to get carried away by the free-spirited
instrumentals and miss the cynical lyrical waves,
such as those produced in the strolling pop number
'Girls And Boys'.
Rumbling drum-beats often warn of the torrent of
blazing instrumentals and powerfully scattered
vocals that often follow in the livelier stomps,
like the fantasizing 'Motorcycle' and the funked out
parade of 'Time'. Feral, poetic longing and
reflection slows things down for 'Clouds', making
you want to put your arm around the persons next to
you and sway like a boat on the rough seas.
It is a number that is needed in an album like this
and it allows you to take stock of the variety of da
Strips. Seasoned set opener 'Hate Me (You Do)',
provides floods of energy and defiance and
represents that old teen angst formula to a tee.
They now have the base of a rock solid debut all
they need in order to fully cap their rise, is a
Friday night interview from Jonathon Ross.