ISSUE #4

“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shittysounding
word,” Jarvis Cocker
once said. “I don’t like the nationalistic
idea of it; it wasn't a ag-waving music. It
was really distasteful when it got called
‘Britpop’ because that was like somebody
trying to appropriate some kind of
alternative culture, stick a Union Jack on
it, and take the credit for it.”
But Britpop, by any other name, still
would’ve been a phenomenon. Born in
London in the early 1990s, in grimy pubs
and bare ats, the scene offered a
thrilling new soundtrack for young
British life. Bands like Suede, Blur, Oasis,
Elastica, and Cocker’s Pulp captured the
charms and
eccentricities of
their country while
also excising their
frustrations with
class and
community, topping
it all with a deant,
tongue-in-cheek
glamour. Their
guitar-heavy
anthems drew from
the rock of 1960s
England along with
the pulse of waning
Madchester and altrock
trends,
exporting this
exuberant sound to
every corner of the
globe. By the late
’90s, this once-scrappy scene was so
culturally powerful, it inspired tabloid
blood rivalries (Blur vs. Oasis) and was
hijacked by politicians (Britpop’s star
emissaries, including Cocker and Oasis’
Noel SALOP Gallagher, ST were - invited BISHOPS to meet CASTLE - SY9 5BW
Prime Minister Tony Blair). The cultural
ash faded around the turn of the
millennium, but not before Britpop
reinvigorated rock‘n’roll, moving its
epicenter from American grunge back
across the pond.
LF’S new brand of Sleaze pop certainly
picks up from where the likes of Cocker
and Albarn stopped, where Britpop ended.
And as the sun sets on summer and
responsibilities for many begin to
come around again, this particular
set of tracks ‘Shit shirts don’t go to
work’ has to offer to LF’S listeners is
enthralling, especially for sunny day
drives to reminisce or mad alcohol
infused house party’s.
‘Shit shirts’ presents street talk lyricism
accompanied by punchy chords and fat
bass licks with smashed drums, that has a
jagged suburbia edge to it, inspired by
bands like Blur, Elastica, Pulp and Bowie
the tunes stick in your head, and once
there in there's no
getting them out.
Like it or not !!
This new release
combines that indie
rock sound that we
all know and love to
an up-and-coming
group’s originality
to bring a truly
stunning debut
album to past,
present and future
LF fans.
From songs like
“BEES” and “Trying
to get excited” (my
personal favorite) to
stark contrasts like “Drip” and
“Overdraft sponsored recession session”
LF’s new album has quite the experience
to offer.
The core of the style stays true
throughout, ‘Shit shirts’ was truly like a
breath of fresh air with no track sounding
relatively the same to the next — all
songs on the album were independently
genius in their own right, with each song
having it’s own take on LF’s consistent
style. More from these guys would be
great, Seriously we need more...............
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