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My Latest Novel provengono dall'unica parte del Regno Unito che sembra ancora dare segni di vita(lità): la Scozia. La loro musica è una gustosa e spesso personale miscela di vari elementi, tutti comunque di matrice prettamente folk. Vi sono richiami al folk tradizionale, alle delicatezze dei Belle and Sebastian, a certa epicità Arcade Fire, al folk americano visto con occhio albionico alla Mojave 3 ma ciò che sembra condraddistinguere queste composizioni dandogli un carattere particolare è il rapporto tra parti vocali e strumentali.
I My Latest Novel infatti ignorano tranquillamente la classica struttura verse-chorus-verse e inseriscono lunghe parti strumentali praticamente in ogni possibile variante. All'inizio del pezzo, a mò di intro, nel mezzo, alla fine, tutto pur di superare lo stretto confine della pop song. Le parti strumentali sono spesso belle, ornate di violini e strumentazione acustica. A riportare alla familiarità del pop ci pensano le parti vocali, sempre melodiche e suadenti.
Non sempre la miscela funziona alla perfezione, in particolare non convince quando si allontana troppo dall'equilibrio e dalla misura che contraddistinguono il disco, in particolare nel parlato di "The Job Mr.Kurz Done" o nella smodatezza di "When We Were Wolves". Convince invece la volontà di seguire una via personale che potrà dare interessanti frutti anche in futuro evidente in pezzi come il quasi strumentale "Ghost in the Gutter", la suadente "Lego", la delicata "The Hope Edition".
Un debutto molto valido con interessanti margini di miglioramento.
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01 Ghost in the Gutter (06:32)
You've fallen in love with yourself now,
And what have you done?
At least all the love that you put out
You get in return
You've fallen in love with yourself now,
And what have you done?
At least all the love that you put out
You get in return
Ghost in the gutter, doesn't really matter
Ghost in the gutter, doesn't really matter
Ghost in the gutter, doesn't really matter
Ghost in the gutter, doesn't really matter
Ghost in the gutter, (Ghost in) doesn't really matter (the gutter)
Ghost in the gutter, (doesn't) doesn't really matter (really matter)
Ghost in the gutter, (Ghost in) doesn't really matter (the gutter)
Ghost in the gutter, (doesn't) doesn't really matter (really matter)
Ghost in the gutter, (Ghost in) doesn't really matter (the gutter)
Ghost in the gutter, (doesn't) doesn't really matter (really matter)
Ghost in the gutter, (Ghost in) doesn't really matter (the gutter)
Ghost in the gutter, (doesn't) doesn't really matter (really matter)
06 Sister Sneaker Sister Soul (06:00)
I only know her first name
I only know her by her fame
It seems to hide in my brain
Run away with a broken moment
Hide away and wait for me in my dreams
Dreams of me and my girl
Carrie comes with a copied promise
Stay awake all night and she can be free
To tell me everything is true
Sunshine comes and steals my night time
Flowers wave and the try and liberate me
Hiding away from her dreams
Ba ba da ba ba ba ba (x4)
Stay awake and hide from Carrie
She comes along and she sings to me in my dreams
Haunting me in my view
Crash again into her morning
I'm all alone in the restlessness of her pain
Free from all of her style
Juxtaposed with the light of sunshine
I hide away from her political view
Flowers that liberate me
Go to sleep and await the night time
Hiding from the light that she brings with her
Policies of the worst
I only know her first name
I only know her by her fame
It seems to hide in my brain
Get up early to sit and sip wine
Flowers say that everything will be fine
Just like all the old times
07 When We Were Wolves (04:13)
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
And we run, and we hide, and we hid, and we ran
And we hide in lightless rooms
And we banged on our pianos,
La la la, la la la
And we run, and we hide, and we hid, and we ran
And we hide in lightless rooms
And we banged on our pianos,
La la la, la la la
Wolves
Hey!
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
When we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves, when we were wolves
And we run, and we hide, and we hid, and we ran
And we hide in lightless rooms
And we banged on our pianos,
La la la, la la la
And we run, and we hide, and we hid, and we ran
And we hide in lightless rooms
And we banged on our pianos,
La la la, la la la
And we run, and we hide, and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
(La la la, la la la) and we ran, and we hid,
(La la la, la la la) And we run, and we hide,
(La la la, la la la) And we ran, and we hid,
And we banged on our pianos, la la la
10 The Reputation of Ross Francis (02:59)
Do you really think that you deserve to pass
Said the angel to our hero at the last
If you give me but a moment to explain
I can prove my life hasn't been in vain
It's true I may have lied to wriggle free
Of many of my life's little awkward situations
The lives I've touched are frivolous or few
A savior I've been called, and it's justified, it's true
Please, sir
If you let me in I'll prove sir
I'll fight by tooth and nail
By crook by crook to dispel
Fight by tooth and nail
By crook by crook to dispel
All these myths and fabrications, fables
How I've changed, oh how I've changed, oh please, sir
A crowd was gathering outside the gates
And Ross' tales made them gawk and gape
Riddles told of travels, tales of grace
From tears of joy, smiles, on every waiting face
Illustrious his stories to the end
The people gathered round their effervescent friend
As heaven's gates swung to let him in
He e'en crossed his fingers and allowed himself a grin
Please, sir
If you let me in I'll prove sir
I'll fight by tooth and nail
By crook by crook to dispel
Fight by tooth and nail
By crook by crook to dispel
All these myths and fabrications, fables
How I've changed, oh how I've changed, oh please, sir
All these myths and fabrications, fables
How I've changed, oh how I've changed, oh please, sir
All these myths and fabrications, fables
How I've changed, oh how I've changed
Please, sir
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