Description
It's a worn cliché to describe music made by passionate, maverick souls as 'timeless' but on returning to the songs of The The, via the singles retrospective 45RPM it's hard not to think of them as chronological outsiders. Matt Johnsons unique, prescient, fevered songs resonate with basic truths about the human condition and the way of the planet, so that they seem to exist beyond the perishable GM dictates of fashion and style. Listen closer, however, and it becomes clear that The The songs are not so much 'timeless'. Instead, they are 'time-packed' with an awareness of precious moments, vanishing hopes, urgent social pressures, and fervent memories, so that they might better be thought of as melodic timebombs, waiting to go off in the new century.
Details
Released: Fri 7 Jun 2002
Catalogue Number: 5044699000
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.