European Sun - When Britain Was Great (LP, Indie Exclusive Red) (New (N))

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Red Vinyl Indie Exclusive. If one LP could act as a refutation of the toxic culture of 'masculine energy' and the tech bro-sponsored whipping up of hatred that blights our lives - this is it. It is true of Steve Miles' lyrics. Nostalgia for an imagined past where men were men, and racism was de rigeur is eviscerated in title track When Britain Was Great. Fetishisation of a World War by patriots who are too pumped up to realise the war was a fight against Nazism is picked apart in Angels In The Clouds. And the clumsy, half-arsed struggle to seek something better, to try to escape the trap of cynical acceptance of it all, is sardonically observed in the comically accident-prone Falling Down The Stairs With Arthur Seaton. All this is interspersed with deeply personal tracks like The Space She Left, unflinchingly exposing emotional vulnerability and anxiety, and with carefree pop songs, still able to access the wide-eyed wisdom of childhood: The Sea Is A Pirate's Best Friend expresses a kind of joy that we all had once, but have lost contact with. The music is a refutation of 'masculine energy' too. Sometimes echoing the casual, intimate, fragile tones of the TV Personalities, the songs are bluntly emotional but shamelessly catchy. On other occasions - louder occasions - the echo of an angry Wreckless Eric riff can be heard. The warmth and gentleness of the vocal might remind you of Jonathan Richman. The experimentation - the brass section, the feedback, the occasional reggae rhythm - is reminiscent of the earliest, fearless phase of punk adventurism - The Slits, The Mekons, The Desperate Bicycles even. Punk before it regressed to Rock.

Tracklist:

  1. Choice Paralysis
  2. Going Viral
  3. Dad
  4. The Angels in the Clouds
  5. In Bedford Falls
  6. The Space She Left
  7. Falling Down the Stairs with Arthur Seaton
  8. The Sea Is a Pirate's Best Friend
  9. Edward Colston's Likeness
  10. When Britain Was Great
  11. Their Ncuti Gatwa Poster
  12. When I Have Fears
  13. School Report"

*** Indie Exclusive ***
UPC: 5055869551656
Label: Skepwax
Release Date: 4.17.26
Format: Vinyl

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    Red Vinyl Indie Exclusive. If one LP could act as a refutation of the toxic culture of 'masculine energy' and the tech bro-sponsored whipping up of hatred that blights our lives - this is it. It is true of Steve Miles' lyrics. Nostalgia for an imagined past where men were men, and racism was de rigeur is eviscerated in title track When Britain Was Great. Fetishisation of a World War by patriots who are too pumped up to realise the war was a fight against Nazism is picked apart in Angels In The Clouds. And the clumsy, half-arsed struggle to seek something better, to try to escape the trap of cynical acceptance of it all, is sardonically observed in the comically accident-prone Falling Down The Stairs With Arthur Seaton. All this is interspersed with deeply personal tracks like The Space She Left, unflinchingly exposing emotional vulnerability and anxiety, and with carefree pop songs, still able to access the wide-eyed wisdom of childhood: The Sea Is A Pirate's Best Friend expresses a kind of joy that we all had once, but have lost contact with. The music is a refutation of 'masculine energy' too. Sometimes echoing the casual, intimate, fragile tones of the TV Personalities, the songs are bluntly emotional but shamelessly catchy. On other occasions - louder occasions - the echo of an angry Wreckless Eric riff can be heard. The warmth and gentleness of the vocal might remind you of Jonathan Richman. The experimentation - the brass section, the feedback, the occasional reggae rhythm - is reminiscent of the earliest, fearless phase of punk adventurism - The Slits, The Mekons, The Desperate Bicycles even. Punk before it regressed to Rock.

    Tracklist:

    1. Choice Paralysis
    2. Going Viral
    3. Dad
    4. The Angels in the Clouds
    5. In Bedford Falls
    6. The Space She Left
    7. Falling Down the Stairs with Arthur Seaton
    8. The Sea Is a Pirate's Best Friend
    9. Edward Colston's Likeness
    10. When Britain Was Great
    11. Their Ncuti Gatwa Poster
    12. When I Have Fears
    13. School Report"

    *** Indie Exclusive ***
    UPC: 5055869551656
    Label: Skepwax
    Release Date: 4.17.26
    Format: Vinyl

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