A shock is on the cards

Today’s album was “The IT Girl” by Sleeper.

This is a rare case where the band doesn’t have a dedicated web site. Probably due to them breaking up way before the onset of the internet and not having a strong enough back catalogue/following to keep the desire going.

My favourite track is “Sale of the Century”. I think it epitomises that Indie guitar sound of this era; nothing too complicated but just basic repeating chords.

Another short post tonight as I’m watching Spain v Chile where Spain as defending champions could be going out of the competition. A shock is on the cards.

A hidden gem

Another total random pick for today’s driving; decided to go with something that was a bit obscure. The problem is I have gone through most of the obscure albums I own. My decision was to go with something old and not mainstream. My choice was “Smart” by Sleeper.

I realised this wasn’t a bad choice because they have no website because they are no longer together and therefore probably are not mainstream.

What a great debut album this is; I really enjoyed listening to it in the car and had forgotten how great it sounded. The tracks sound so raw compared to their follow-up album that actually had more commercial success. Although I prefer this album. This came out right at the start of the Britpop scene and it has that distinct style; lots of guitars and generally fast beats. Songs like “Delicious” should have been bigger singles than they were.

This album also contains one of the best opening lines to a song. This is from “Pyrotechnician” about setting fire to things.

Throw me some matches because I like to burn stuff.

You can’t beat a bit of Britpop.