The Tacticians - Some Kind Of Urban Fulfilment
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Label : Setanta
Style : Indie
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 31/Jul/2007
Street : 13/Aug/2007
Songs : 11
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Release Notes:
"for jangly guitars and hook-laden choruses..."
Naming a song 'Hardcore Porn' may not be the easiest way to
endear themselves to the general record buying public but
The Tacticians don't like to make things too easy. And
besides, Jarvis Cocker came through his battle with the hard
stuff unscathed. Likeable lads with a penchant for jangly
guitars and hook-laden choruses they draw comparisons to The
Kinks and some elements of The Beatles lurk beneath the
gentle pleas of 'Respectfully Proceeding'.
Borrowing from the Crowded House school of thought, they
seem to have the urge to rhyme everything that moves on
'Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys'. Brothers Joe Jnr and Ollie
bounce off each other with weary banter even when recalling
sharing hopes and lives with someone 'busy doing hardcore
porn'. Though the calm is spoiled by the gut-wrenchingly
twee drawn out ending. With a self-confessed love of "3
minute pop songs", former demo 'London's Alright' and ironic
tale 'Size' definitely deliver, full of bouncing acoustic
guitars and wry observations on the world and the cruelty of
girls.s
Like the Arctic Monkeys with a touch of London grit and
sideshow pianos, they compel 'get your arse out of my door'.
'Honey You Aint Needed Anymore' descends into a brash Nick
Cave style rant about the parties he plans to throw after he
gets rid.Things seem to tale of towards the end of the
album, as urge to fill overrides quality, especially on
'Ordinary People', rounding off with the Rolling Stones
borrowing 'Town Full of Losers'.
With a penchant for old-fashioned song writing, given a wry
twist, they borrow from everything from ska to Elvis
Costello without sounding naff. There are some real gems to
be found, but 11 songs is in this case a few too many.
www.myspace.com/thetacticians
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Track List:
01. Respectfully Proceeding 02:42
02. Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys 03:13
03. Hardcore Porn 03:54
04. London's Alright 03:32
05. Size 03:32
06. Honey You Ain't Needed Anymore 04:54
07. Get A Move On 04:43
08. Dance Like Nobody's Watching 02:16
09. Ordinary People 03:27
10. I Fear It's Over 02:49
11. Town Full Of Losers 02:57
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Total
37:59 min