Watch Movies With the Lights On

Thanks to my mate Steve for pointing me in the direction of this fantastic record by The Long Blondes - further evidence of Sheffield's renaissance. I'd heard of them before, but the band's name had somehow made me think that they'd be yet another turgid identikit indie rock outfit. How wrong I was. A girl singer, uncommonly sharp lyrics, and tunes that at remind me at various times of 'Grease' and Pulp. A touch of faded 50's glamour with mixed with some modern day realism.




Needless to say this is quite brilliant, and impossibly addictive.

THE LONG BLONDES - GIDDY STRATOSPHERES




I'm off to see Erol Alkan & Ivan Smagghe at The End this weekend... if anyone else is going, feel free to drop me an email...