The Tuesday Club – New Glamour (Perfect Pop Co-op)
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7 April 2014
Described as
‘The Sex Pistols set to music’, The Tuesday Club release their new single.
Hailing from
St Albans, The Tuesday Club boast eight members playing eight different instruments
from twang bass to cowbells, but to be honest it’s hard to see why they need so
many. New Glamour is a slab of
not-to-be-taken-seriously punk/pop and to be honest very little else.
With an often
frenetic ska backing and lyrics in the style of Ian Drury, it rattles through
from start to finish with name checks to Conway Twitty and Walter Mitty and a
sense of wild abandon. To be honest,
there’s very little else. The chorus is
annoyingly repetitive and at four and a half minutes long, it’s probably twice
a much as you can stomach.
It’s a shame,
because the Dury likened words are clever and amusing as was the great man
himself, but the song lacks any cohesion and gets slightly silly towards the
end.
Similarly, the
b-side Old Before You Time is a poor mans, poor version of The Cramps. Maybe only Lux Interior can pull-off the OTT,
silly but brilliant, vocalisation.
Andreas Vanderbraindrain tries far too hard and only succeeds in
sounding like second rate Vic Reeves pub singer impression.
Again, it’s a
shame as The Tuesday Club seem to have a bit of a media following that seems to
be increasing as time goes by.
Unfortunately, despite New Glamour having the makings of a good song,
it’s spoiled by silliness that isn’t even remotely funny and only bordering on
enjoyable.
6/10
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