![]() ![]() Spectre’s second album is a discordant wall of noise which sounds full of rage at the world one moment and then apathy the next. “Milking my adrenaline / drink it all in” Don your stetsons for a soulful, atmospheric album that compliments her soothing voice perfectly. When she does go off the beaten track and away from the indie, Juanita literally ends up in the country. The big sounding, catchy Black Winds being the most prime example. There are elements that sound like her band (Howling Bells) and that is not an insult at all for they are vastly underrated act. Juanita’s first solo exploration finds her cruising route 66 and other famous American roads I can’t think of. While their approach is well meaning, there’s something about Brutalism that makes you feel sordid. Let’s face it, Tarquin is probably a Tory. Most of the songs are aggressive mantras that take potshots at people the Tories and people called Tarquin. Their social commentary is straight to the point and with tongue slightly in cheek. Coming across as the narcissistic love child of Slaves and Future Of The Left, the Bristol band have been bubbling under the surface for a few years. “The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich” Different Days embraces the listener with a warm glow and is a more than worthy addition to a thirty year back catalogue. Johnny Marr and Paul Weller also make contributions, which is just showing off. ![]() There are even spoken word segments, one read out by none other than novelist Ian Rankin. There a hooks aplenty and even a bit of kookiness by their own standards. While the world at large stresses out, The Charlies have clearly been lying on a beach immersing themselves in rich, warm sounds. For a band that has suffered so much trauma and heartache, Different Days is an LP covered in glorious sun rays. Free of any such labels and with their reputation safe they are free to make the music they want. They survived Baggy, Britpop and everything else that’s come and go because they’ve never really been any of those things. The Charlatans are a band who continue to furrow their own brow and each time they come up with the goods. “I’m a known quantity / Too well known for The Machinery not to be interested” ![]()
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