Sunday, November 21, 2004

I Come To Praise Feeder

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From the best-bands-ever department, the UK’s Feeder is sort of becoming my favorite brit-guitar rock band.  Like maybe ever?  Yeah, ever.  Until something better comes along.  Grant Nicholas first caught my attention on Junkie XL’s latest, on a track called “Broken”.  Great stuff, so I checked out where he came from and bought Comfort in Sound, Feeder’s latest.  What shines through every Feeder song are beautiful melodies, against a pretty hard (and perfectly sparse) background. 

Moving backwards in time, I picked up Polythene, Feeder’s brilliant 1997 debut.  Why have I not heard of this band?  Every track on Polythene works perfectly.  Favorites include “Crash” and “Radiation”. 

Guess I’m stuck in a dream
Surrounded by coloured leaves on the ground,
As I stare at the trees,
I see one fall down on my hand.
As i start to explore,
I can’t ignore a man,
He turn his head around,
His face was all worn by the sun.

I’m going out for a while,
So i can get high with my friends,
I will,
I’m going out for a while,
Don’t wait up cause i won’t be home,
Today.

Drifting down the road,
Losing myself in a dream,
Feel my hands getting cold,
Sat in a boat on a lake...

You know, now that I read them, the lyrics are pretty damn depressing a lot of the time.  Trust me on this: You’ll never notice while you’re listening, ‘cause you’ll be too busy singing along in the car, like an idiot.  Yeah, you.

Feeder’s middle two CDs were never released in America, so I hit Amazon to get’em, and got’em for $15 each from prompt, item-as-described auction zealots.  Echo Park is the one I’m not quite into yet, but the fans out there assure me I will be, by the reviews.  Yesterday came too soon has the same brilliance as Polythene and Comfort...

Crossing bridges over water
A new reflection creeping in
Got your head so full of traffic
The love pollution’s setting in


Posted by Ross on 11/21/04 at 02:29 PM
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