I McLusky sono uno stile di vita, le loro canzoni ti si stampano sulla maglietta e non è facile trovare il coraggio di metterla a lavare, neppure dopo essersi eccitati per ore sotto l'effetto spasmodico prodotto dal sound del trio gallese; il loro è un post punk con una melodia di base non indifferente, che crea ritmi adolescienziali ma in un contesto colto.
Le atmosfere sono quelle che hanno sempre proposto i Fugazi; ci troviamo di fronte a 3 canzoni dove la voce stralunata ma controllata di Falkous concede spesso e volentieri urletti e veemenze, un basso arrugginito detta ritmi incalzanti, la chitarra armonizza impudicamente il tutto e la batteria ti spinge in pista, fino all'immancabile climax dell'inno generazionale finale in "The Salt Water Solution":
"What's wrong with getting what you want?"
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01 Undress for Success (02:43)
Hannah and her sisters (undress for success)
Hope it isn't obvious (undress for success)
There is talent in them foothills (undress for success)
Underexposed and dead wrong.
I was dreaming of a puppet (undress for success)
When they moved a mountain on it (undress for success)
There is no-one to defy it (undress for success)
Underexposed and dead wrong.
Now grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
Grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
Grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
When I lost my teeth I gained a
Friend amongst the fury (undress for success)
And a mother to these injuns (undress for success)
Let's have Abraham for breakfast (undress for success)
Underexposed and dead wrong.
I am absolutely serious (undress for success)
And the weather was a bonus (undress for success)
She was grateful for directions (undress for success)
Underexposed and dead wrong.
Now grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
Grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
Grenades, sickles and hammers for the happy couple
When I lost my teeth I gained a fire.
Monsters! Monsters! Monsters!
Monsters, they were four deep
Waiting at the bar with their claws on my credit card.
04 There Ain't No Fool in Ferguson (02:44)
I can't do anything today i'm falling apart
i'm sawdust in a sandpaper suit
and the terrible terrible terrible thing
is the weekly laundry run
if you can cope in this hopeless hepatitis pissrag
molotov cocktail monobrow shithole baby
then you can cope anywhere at all
holly worked the weekend and the weekend worked for holly
i must be levelling today i'm totally sold
there ain't no fool in getting old
and the terrible terrible terrible thing
is we knew it all along
if you can cope in this hopeless hepatitis pissrag
molotov cocktail monobrow shithole baby
then you can cope anywhere at all
holly worked the weekend and the weekend worked for holly
05 1956 and All That (02:20)
come out quick and count the corpse
i'm sure we killed a family
keep your killing clean my love
just keep your killing clean
come out quick and count the corpse
i'm sure we killed a family
keep your killing clean my love
just keep your killing clean
come out quick and name the dead
i'm sure we got a scrabble score
keep your killing clean my love
just keep your killing clean
come out quick and name the dead
i'm sure we got a scrabble score
keep your killing clean my love
just keep your killing clean
good advice
sons and lovers
western armies
good advice
sons and lovers
western armies
to the left two bored men discuss suicide by drum solo
serious songs jesus christ
once a year or maybe twice
your son looks like michael jackson
08 The Habit That Kicks Itself (02:15)
Heard you all got soaked
he's a big boy, shoot it well
heard you made remarkable time
and delay in the mind of a cousin is fine
'cos she's so in love 'til she's not in love
but she won't try that cocaine again
jimmy connors
early warnings
heard you all got killed
disappointing, here you are
heard the abcess clawed at your mouth
and medical science lamented its growth still
'cos she's so in love 'til she's not in love
but she won't try that cocaine again
jimmy connors
early warnings
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