Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Supergrass
Diamond Hoo Ha
(Parlophone, 2008)
Quality pop-rock keeps on coming from the Oxonian quartet. MOJO messageboarder raises the pen of praise.
Supergrass are my ‘Unsung Heroes’ in the MOJO Poll every year they have an album out and 2008, alas, is no different. Diamond Hoo Ha is yet another minor classic, by fans, for fans of classic verse-chorus-middle-eight pop-rock (with added psychedelics): the shiny stuff which makes your heart beat faster and your mouth cheer. The first three tracks – and singles – maybe sail too close to playful homage to sway the unconverted (tonight, Matthew, we’re going to be… the White Stripes! The Stooges! David Bowie!). By track four, however, things get interesting and their stew develops its own ’grassy flavours, with bouncing tales of dark days, sleepwalking through windows, overindulging in who knows what, the ebb and flow of friendship and inspiration. No two tracks sound the same – 345 is almost proggy, Whiskey And Green Tea is mentally oriental, Ghost Of A Friend bungs in a Mick Ronson foot-on-the-amp solo – but even the catchiest songs have intricacies and loving details to reward repeated play. This is as warm, generous and pleasurable an album as you’ll hear today. What more could you possibly want?
Fuzzy
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/12/2008
Further Listening
Supergrass – In It For The Money (Parlophone, 1997)
David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (RCA, 1973)
Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers (Third Man/XL, 2006)
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Causa Sui - Summer Sessions Vol 1-3
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