Sunday, November 12, 2006

Album Review. Thunderbirds Are Now! - Make History.

This lot create records by tweaking and pulling at their particular brand of ever-present post-punk: from hyperactive spaz, through uber-tight disco, to what is now a melodic and insightful brand of pop.

Uncertainty loomed after first perusal of Make History, dismissiveness even, but slowly – like illness that you know is coming but hasn’t hit yet – I got it. TAN! used to be more fun than sticking one’s head out of a car whilst being driven, in a car, on a motorway.

Now, Ryan Allen sings like a girl no more, they’ve observed and critiqued the world, got all raucously tuneful and written a wise LP about life and the people who are living it (they are dumb, misunderstood/we’d eat our young if they tasted good/people don’t impress me much) – ace.

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