- Music
- 29 Aug 01
Love Is The Key
Tim Burgess has obviously been overdosing on his Curtis Mayfield records, which in itself is a good thing.
Tim Burgess has obviously been overdosing on his Curtis Mayfield records, which in itself is a good thing. The bad news is that Tim has unwisely tried to replicate Mayfield’s trademark high-pitched holler while sounding devoid of any soul or passion.
A bog standard guitar funk arrangement and excruciating female backing vocal straight out of the Give Out But Don’t Give Up-era Primal Scream songbook make this an embarrassingly awful comeback.
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Exactly the kind of thing that gives white boy indie such a bad name.