Singles You Should Buy #3: The Indelicates – America
The Indelicates were one of my favourite discoveries of last year. I got into them by the route of such internet-friendly song titles as Waiting For Pete Doherty to Die, but it was the truly outstanding singles We Hate the Kids and Julia, We Don’t Live in the Sixties that really made me fall hook, line and sinker.
Well their new single America is now available for pre-order, and will be released on the 24th March. If they can reproduce the jarringly direct cabaret indie rock ‘n’ roll with just a touch of glam that has illuminated their releases thus far then we should be in for something of a treat. The tracklisting for their album is out too, and it really does look a bit special – pre-order that one here.
Anyone who can write lyrics like “I give you head and cook your tea/ You make my daddy weep for me.” has to be worth your consideration. That’s from Stars, below, which is, incidentally, your new favourite song. Once you get over the casual brutality that is. Julia Indelicate was one of the founder members of the excruciatingly bad Pipettes. I praise the day she ditched that dismal shit-fest and teamed up with Simon – what a waste of genuine talent that could have been. The fucking Pipettes? Honestly!
The Indelicates – We Hate the Kids
The Indelicates – Waiting For Pete Doherty to Die
The Indelicates – Stars
Cheers Drew – I’ve just heard the b-side to the vinyl single Julia We Don’t Live in the 60s. I think this is going to be a very special album indeed.
Thanks to you I have become an Indelicates fan. Hopefully the band will remember the ‘boil and send us a copy for review ( at last we know that Popup will…..)
But, dude, come on, The Pipettes were fun. Like a 21st century Bananarama
Oh, and don’t the Indelicates sound like an off off Broadway show? I think their stuff would do well on the stage. They should consider hanging some story around the music, I think that’s where they truly belong. A little like Dresden Dolls.
I can entirely appreciate the enjoyable angle on the Pipettes. But I could never like them enough to get to the ‘harmless enjoyment’ stage. Consequently, they must die.
Hey Toad,
Thanks for this post, we hate the kids, the best thing i’ve heard this year.
Cheers,
Drew