Artist: Shirley Lee
Title: Shirley Lee
Label: Missing Page
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 202kbit av.
Time: 00:41:17
Size: 63.80 mb
Rip Date: 2009-02-06
Str Date: 2009-00-00
1. Upside Down On Brighton Beach 3:18
2. Dissolving Time 3:17
3. Spiralina Girl 2:06
4. The Lights Change 4:11
5. Come On Feel The Lemonheads 1:12
6. The Smack Of Pavement In Your Face 3:05
7. London Ghost Stories 3:07
8. Walked Away 3:32
9. Smitten 2:33
10. The First Time You Saw Snow 3:10
11. The Traffic In The Street 2:50
12. The Reservoir 3:54
13. The Last Song 5:02
Release Notes:
Just like the famous and sadly-departed wrestler Big Daddy
(aka Shirley Crabtree) and despite sounding like a 1950`s
movie star, Shirley Lee is, in fact, a bloke. A very talented
bloke at that. I won`t deny that my spirits lifted when,
instead of the latest product of the Spiteri / Nash /
Winehouse / Duffy assembly line, what filled my ears was the
sound of a placid Luke Haines - perhaps actually cracking a
smile.
It was at this point I realised I`d heard these gentle tones
before in mid-late 90`s also-rans Spearmint - the members of
whom add flesh to the bones of Lee`s eponymous `solo` debut.
Like Spearmint`s back catalogue, much of `Shirley Lee` comes
across like The Lightning Seeds following a drop in both pitch
and testicles. `Dissolving Time` is upbeat, strewn with
harmonies and unanticipated synth gurgles, while `London Ghost
Stories` is a charming, almost easy listening instrumental
that would be equally happy soundtracking a wistful montage in
a `nice` film as it would being piped into the waiting room in
heaven. Later the cheerfulness of `The First Time You Saw
Snow` really does evoke the same warmth as such pioneering
life moments.
Best by far, however, is the lead single `The Smack of
Pavement in your Face`, a steam locomotive rolling along
rhythmically while Lee conjures a range of emotions through
some impressive wordplay. It cements the album together very
nicely and will have fans eagerly awaiting the return of
Spearmint later this year.