![]() ![]() (Should’ve been an instrumental then really).Ĭlassy Fella– is a great piece of pastoral jazz psych whimsy on the face of it – with a snide, sarcastic lyric made up entirely of brickbats thrown at Martin on social media. The lyrics are about knowing how we feel, without words. Lucky Speaks – a great, shiver-down-your-spine bassline, rolling keyboards which make you think of Inspiral Carpets in their prime, a chorus which despite having echoes of a Simple Minds hit from yesteryear, is very affecting. It seems to be the band raging against their advancing years. They only sell a fraction of what the beloved Stranglers sell, but if truth be told, it’s a similar sound to prime Meninblack psych stuff thanks to the organ sound, great tunes, snarky lyrics and the same influences.ĭeeper Than Sin– opening with the fastest song on the album, and one on which Martin Bramah uncharacteristically roars. Over the past five years there has been the brilliant the Once and Future Thing the wonderful Righteous Harmony Fist and last years covers album Magical Record Speed The Day is the latest and possibly the greatest. The Blue Orchids really do get better and better. From a celestial garage band who’ve been around for years… Surrealist tales and psychedelic philosophising with tunes that memorable and uplifting. Mad songs about what it’ll be like a hundred years from now. It’s time for something sparkling and imaginative, playful and clever, familiar but new. There have been too many angst-ridden ‘lockdown’ albums full of self-pity and ponderous art-school pretention lately… Ged Babey travels with them to the 22nd Century… Possible career-best by the ‘diaphanous and majestic’ Blue Orchids – Martin Bramahs ‘august rebels’ get better with age. ![]()
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