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Red Ash
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Coming Out by
Red Ash
and the Love Commandos

For an independent hand, that I
suspect few hove heard alto have created such an excellent debut
with such apparent ease, leaves me to think that soon with the right
management and deal, Mr Cocker may have a rival when it comes so
remembered teen-angst tongs as lyricist Mark Rigler is truly an
exponent of same talent when it comes to those relationships and
fears.
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Control
Freak [real audio] |
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Sweet
shop [real audio] |
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Neurotic
[real audio] |
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Say
What! [real audio] |
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If
only I could [mp3] |
Coming Out
as
reviewed by
Red Ash
and the Love Commandos mates!
Track by track
- Denese: Tony from down the pub says: "This is great!
Its absolutely perfect, nothing wrong with it all! Surely
this is the song that will close the millennium? Nobody else can
even come close to anything like this! I mean I love you
Denese genius! Mines a pint!"
- Shes: The Captains milkman says: "This
is fantastic! Red Ash and the Love Commandos are back on
form! Captains obviously become a lot more emotional these
days. You cant understand a thing he says, but he split
up with some bird, so that must be the case! Brilliant! Certainly
the cream of the album, ho ho!"
- Sick: Studs mum says: :This is amazing! Im
so proud of Studs band. I mean, objectively, of course, this is
the best album Red Ash and the Love Commandos have ever
done. So intelligent!"
- All the world: Nita from the corner shop says: "and
you can really tell the Captains grown up because hes
stopped buying chocolate digestives. Amasing! Briliant! Ace! Two
pounds on the gas?"
- Inside: Red Ash and the Love Commandos roadie says:
"GREAT! Don't you just really want to get inside, I mean
really inside, pity about the large mirror they used to have in
the studio"
- Could I: Red Ash and the Love Commandos stylist
says: "A musical revolution"
- Funky Theme: Red Ash and the Love Commandos accountant
says: "Amasing", theme from Red Ash what ever next!
Pint anyone?
- Sometimes: Red Ash and the Love Commandos record
company: "This will set the standard by which all other albums
ever made will be judged"
- Catfood: The Captains best mate Studs says: "Brilliant",
who's for pie and chips?
- Oranges: Red Ash and the Love Commandos press officer:
"A rip-snorting hog of 100 per cent adrenaline! A disasterious
love trianglewaiting to happen".
Red Ash &
Love Commandos
Coming Out
It took Pulp fifteen years to get to 'Different Class', captain
Ash and friends have achieved the same standard in just four.
For an independent hand, that I suspect few hove heard alto have
created such an excellent debut with such apparent ease, leaves
me to think that soon with the right management and deal, Mr Cocker
may have a rival when it comes so remembered teen-angst tongs as
lyricist Mark Rigler is truly an exponent of same talent when it
comes to those relationships and fears. Each track is a delight
from the first to the last, it's simple and inoffensive, blending
subtle elements of Pulp and the Beautiful South but retaining same
originality. Just remember "All the world lanes being in (
love, except when your)outside a phonebox in the rain".
Reviewed by Adrian TVell in Dissident magazine
We are witnessing "The Invasion of the Teeny Rockers."
You must have seen them, running just in time to hop aboard the
go-cart of fame, Adidas bag brimming with high aspirations and parental
excuses. Although the current trend in desirable artiste's does
seem to favour the "Tuckers Luck" generation, there is
an alternative. It can be found with a Jeannette Winterson novel
in one hand and a copy of "Loaded" in the other (how bizarre,
you might think).
From
the glowing embers of 90's poetic lyricism, a phoenix has risen
in the form of Mark Rigler and his mixed band of finger flexing
companions. Poetry can be found in his numerous emotional pleas,
be it for overdue attention or just a quick shag. We find accentuated
assumptions along the lines of "Best Days" and "It
Could Be You". This combined with industrial, resonating intros
gives an all too convincing impersonation of Damon on 33 as opposed
to 45 rpm. Somewhat dubious circumstances surround the recording
of this session.
Venues appear to range from an unsavoury railway arch "distribution"
unit to a redundant city centre cathedral with a bad reputation.
In architectural agreement with this concept are the female vocals
supplied by Jazzmin Bishop and Treeza Laramy. Riveted to rock with
metal tackiness they add a Blodiesque dimension to the already heightened
intensity of "Inside" and "Sometimes." Diverse
sounds on a recurring theme are evident throughout, but while lacking
the ethereal self assessment of Jarvis and his Pulp Pushers, hesitant
questioning is characteristically amplified in "Could I."
I couldn't help equating "Funky Theme" with a playground
charity chorus as seen on BP. However it successfully initiated
a carnival tempo with Narcissistic variations on a Europop theme.
The attractions of the Fairground aren't quite so perfect in "All
the World". But then again you can't have everything.
Our intake of ascoric acid is monitored closely in "Oranges",
along with split sylllables of the Beautiful South variety. In a
sinister tale of unrequited love, we join our compere in a last
ditch attempt to dissuade his chosen femme fatale from the delights
of the female form.
Although not succeeding in this quest, as far as recognition goes,
they may not have long to wait. Just make sure you keep refuelling.
ANNA ZACHARIASSEN.
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