YOUNGER YOUNGER 28'S

YOUNGER YOUNGER 28'S
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Yet another entry in my continuing effort to rehabilitate the late, great and overlooked. I think the folks at DROWNED IN SOUND (SEE LINKS) hit the nail on the head with this one:

"For an album that was criminally ignored when it sneaked out in early 2000, "Soap" is a work that maybe everyone with an equal interest in cheesy pop music and Britpop should own. Imagine a cross between the Human League, Pet Shop Boys, Sheep on Drugs, Saint Etienne and Pulp, if you can. Play this next to Coldplay, Keane, or the other alt.complaint.rock currently swamping our charts, and discover the real reason why the NME gets it wrong when they hype Stones tribute band The Strokes. "Soap" is quite simply an album that straddles both the pop and indie markets superbly. From the opening "Sugar Sweet Dreams", the camp and bittersweet tongue in cheek lyricism of Joe Northern shines through with the pop sensibilities. The inner booklet of a street map detailing all the everyday life chronicled in the album owes quite a bit to Pulp, maybe, but still, imbues this album with the same observed cynicism that its tunes never show."

Currently being listened to in hundreds of homes worldwide, I'm sure you can find this for pennies on the dollar at
WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK or EBAY.