La Petite Mort

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a b "Blog: Girl At The End Of The World". James. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020 . Retrieved 23 May 2020. In my hotel room / Sounds from next door / Someone’s getting laid” goes the self-deprecating first line of the EDM-flavored “Curse Curse”. The protagonist craves tequila, finding himself “Crazy as a wasp / On a window in a heatwave.” This frivolity coats the album’s first four songs and was a serious red flag during my first listen. Everything was, even in death, so banal or pedestrian. Over several plays, you get used to “Moving On”‘s predictable builds, “Curse Curse’s” saccharine nature and the alleged joke of “Gone Baby Gone”. Opener “Walk Like You” was one that seemed to do a turnaround all its own, finding James doing a quite convincing impression of multi-movement pop in seven minutes and six seconds. The lyrics are Booth in an uncharacteristically punchy mood, directed toward a parent figure. “Which parent told you that you’re slow? / My absent dad, my mum’s control / Schooled me to be a worker drone.” This troubled youth shakes it off with defiance by the end, declaring “We will not walk like you / Talk like you.”

a b c d Merline, Michael (15 July 2014). "Review: James: La Petite Mort". Spectrum Culture. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020 . Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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Another beautiful and poignant song, Bitter Virtue – about the hypocrisy of women chastised by certain religions for expressing their sexuality – features the most magnificent harmonies that belie the theme. I guess it’s only a band like James that would dare try to get away which such a dichotomy. James were once very serious about being original. In the liner notes for the Mancunian band’s 1998 compilation James: The Best of, lead singer Tim Booth said of any song they wrote together in the early days, “If it sounded like any other band we’d throw it out.” Since those early days, James has honed a style that sounds like no one else. With Booth’s soaring voice, big clean guitars, trumpet, violin and vast songs with choruses wide enough to be heard from space, how could they sound like anyone else? And to put another rhetorical question to you, how long can a band like James get away with sounding Jamesque?

Whitehurst, Andrew (31 July 2014). "Remix Classic Indie-Dance Band James!". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022 . Retrieved 27 September 2022. James work on alternative versions to allow singer to grieve at gigs". The Express. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 . Retrieved 25 May 2020. La Petite Mort has sprung from writing sessions in Athens, Lisbon, the Scottish Highlands and the tropical paradise of Ancoats. We have had a long, sometimes toughicult [sic] but exciting journey, and it’s been oh so very fruitful and rewarding. Max Dingel is the latest in a long line of first class producers the band have worked with including Brian Eno, Gil Norton and Youth. From first signing with the infamous Factory Records, to an illustrious career of albums released through Rough Trade, Sire Records and Mercury, James have now agreed an exciting new joint venture label partnership with BMG Chrysalis and indie label Cooking Vinyl.Manchester favourites James are in line to make a welcome return with the release of 13th studio album La Petite Mort. The record will be the bands first album in seven years and has been produced by Max Dingel (Killers, Muse). Since forming in 1982, the band enjoyed commercial success with hits such as Sit Down and She is a Star and have gone on to sell over 12 million albums worldwide. Although embarking on small tours after reforming in 2007 (vocalist Tim Booth had taken time out to concentrate on other projects), La Petite Mort is the first time the original line up have recorded together since 1993’s Laid. Curse Curse sounds like the band attempting to be something they’re not, with techno touches providing a rave feel; a TV is turned on to drown out sexual noises from next door, just as Messi shoots and scores at an appropriate moment in the Copa Del Rey– come on boys, Messi is so last year, it’s all about Bale now! Péter Vácz Delivers a Powerful Tale of Loss & Regret in 'All I'm Saying' ". directorsnotes.com. 4 November 2013 . Retrieved 13 August 2020. Manchester's finest make a welcome return with La Petite Mort, their first full-length studio album since 2008’s critically acclaimed Hey Ma.