Granted a competent chord & wordsmith nevertheless Martin Phillipps has been cursed throughout his career by a sort of banal marginality. Like he *almost* but never quite gets there. Too in touch w/ his feminine side his creatively whiny, pseudo-sensitive pretty pop w/ a silly creepy dark mysterious side is just a bit 2 contrived. I start to want to smack him after a while. But he does have his moments & has w/ some competent musicians managed 2 make himself a historic figure of 80s indie-pop.
Granted a competent chord & wordsmith nevertheless Martin Phillipps has been cursed throughout his career by a sort of banal marginality. Like he *almost* but never quite gets there. Too in touch w/ his feminine side his creatively whiny, pseudo-sensitive pretty pop w/ a silly creepy dark mysterious side is just a bit 2 contrived. I start to want to smack him after a while. But he does have his moments & has w/ some competent musicians managed 2 make himself a historic figure of 80s indie-pop.
baburjabal 1 year ago
This song is ineffably beautiful and haunting
momorg 1 year ago
probably the best crossover punk/psychedelia song i ever heard
The2yung2die 1 year ago
A heavenley pop song without a doubt!
chrismoff17 4 years ago