Hmm...I dunno. All this waving of semi-automatic rifles, detonations as percussive accompaniment and revolutionary posturing...surely, to lend the whole endeavour credibility, the next step has got to be nothing less than a sustained mortar attack on London's financial district. Failing that, a simple political assassination will do.
I need to switch on the six o'clock news and be faced with some shaky mobile phone footage of Julian's instantly recognisable silhouette scrambling for cover from the bombed-out remnants of 30 Millbank. I wanna hear Julie Etchingham utter the immortal words "...and today, former singer with 80s new romantic band The Teardrop Explodes has been charged with a sniper attack on George Osborne...". Otherwise, I'm just not ever gonna be able to take this album entirely seriously.
By the way, 'Raving On The Moor' is a great song, an instant hit, very 'Autogeddon Blues'. The rest of the album...well, it's early days. I suspect, or hope, it's a grower.
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