Let's talk about "Fundamental"

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

One listen, only one track i want to relisten to right now. Maybe two. (Meanwhile I'm in love with the new Futureheads album.)

We could talk about how crushing it is to find your relationship with a band has hit total apathy (another PSB album? oh right), and how a band you once loved fit to busting, a part of your identity has gone a bit meh. We could talk about new/old passions. The PSB's self described "imperial phase" (and that theory applied elsewhere).

Or we could say, well tune X is ok, and the lyrics are fun, where are the exciting bits, blah?

Let's not talk about if they are pop or indie. they are both, and it doesn't matter. they ARE pop, and we talk about that here

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think they've done ONE song since 'Go West' which can stand up to virtually everything they did before it - 'Miracles', which is utterly lovely. ('Can I Forgive Her?' was pre-GW, wasn't it? I cannot remember)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

very: can u forgive her 1st, go west last. and released in that relative order too. so yes pre GW

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. In fact Miracles is so much better than anything else post-GW that my immediate thought was that they'd just resurrected a song from the Behaviour-era that had never quite fitted on any other release and saved for the inevitable greatest hits.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

"Miracles" is glorious, but I think their best post-GW single is "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore".

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Hmm I don't mind IDKWYW... but it seems to only just stand out from the morass of OK-ness which is PSB-post-GW.

I tried to listen to Fundamental again last night and I just can't.