ELBOW

From their Take Off And Landing Of Everything, Charge is, by turns, Guy Garvey at his most socially hard-bitten and charged. Ridden with bitterness towards younger pups invading his space in the local pub, he nurses yet another bottle, another glass of fuel ready to lubricate another stand-up-and-rant session. No-one listens. It's a familiar tale - we've all ignored the old campaigner(s) sat in the corner, nursing a pint of mild, lonely, regretful and wondering why this RSD2014 tune has been resurrected for the BBC 6 Music playlist. I'm curious too

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Paul PLEDGER
26/10/2014