I got ‘The Smiths’ s/t again a while back and the whole room went mauve-grey like the cover, immediately, when I put it on. I wanted to stay in my re-upholstered space for good, but i had to put another record on.
Funny how the more doleful they are, the better, how Marr & Co’s lyricism, touch, poise help tease out a wandering space in the streets and squares and lanes, for that recessive Moz life. The whole point is the ‘outing’, the validation, of the big sulk forever, amen. The groggy-blinking-fresh joy in that! (I mean lol imagine finding them ‘depressing’).
Moz nailing a thing, wriggling, in few words, with that swaying, indulgent diction, those supernumerary trills and distended sinking syllables, is one of the great pop things.
Vengefully pinning new coordinates down, they’re sleepy and brash, negative and imperious, prim and corrosive yes...pop...bright from the shadows, all conquering.
my absolute fav is ‘Hatful of Hollow’ which is an odds and ends comp obvs but many consider full album cos so strong overall.
Funny how the more doleful they are, the better, how Marr & Co’s lyricism, touch, poise help tease out a wandering space in the streets and squares and lanes, for that recessive Moz life. The whole point is the ‘outing’, the validation, of the big sulk forever, amen. The groggy-blinking-fresh joy in that! (I mean lol imagine finding them ‘depressing’).
Moz nailing a thing, wriggling, in few words, with that swaying, indulgent diction, those supernumerary trills and distended sinking syllables, is one of the great pop things.
Vengefully pinning new coordinates down, they’re sleepy and brash, negative and imperious, prim and corrosive yes...pop...bright from the shadows, all conquering.
my absolute fav is ‘Hatful of Hollow’ which is an odds and ends comp obvs but many consider full album cos so strong overall.