There is apparently this band called The Jesus & Mary Chain. Whoever knew? Anyway, I don't actually remember where I first heard this. I think it may have been one of the things I took interest in after seeing an advert in a music magazine. I do like to base my downloads on adverts for bands I've never heard, rather than recommendations. Recommendations bring expectations (as I am doing with this list). I like to enquire about things if I like the cover or an advert. My brother bought 'Serendipity' by John Martyn, and it lived up to its name – that's where I got it from. I also did this with Gossip's 'Standing In The Way Of Control.' I'd overplayed that to the point of starting to turn on it before the radio did that job for everyone else.
Anyhow, I've digressed somewhat from the case at hand. TPOBPAH have a lovely warmth to them, the fuzzy guitars are the audio equivalent of those blankets with sleeves that were all the rage amongst people who buy JML products a year or two ago (I'm a tad jealous I never got bought one. No sleeved blanket, and I'm missing the boat on the Onesie at the moment). The female vocalist sounds pretty, which is good. I think I've seen her...the mind draws a blank, but she sounds pretty. Again, like with Neutral Milk Hotel, it makes me want to learn to play. I think I tried, and failed to rip-off 'Contender' with one of my songs. Luckily, I'm so inept that no-one will ever figure out which one it was.
The album, I believe, just about avoids twee-ness. Not that I have a massive aversion to twee. I do think certain coffee shops in Norwich are going a bit to far, but I like twee music. But I think, in spite of the female vocalists efforts, avoids it. Just, It is on the cusp of tweeness.
I think, essentially this album sums up the type of music I like: incredibly poptastic tunes, not the most blatant lyrics, and production that is somewhere between fucking awful and spot-on – but no more than spot on or we get into Jason Mraz studio album territory.
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