Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Newcranes - Frontline

ORIGINATION Frontline LP
LAST LISTENED TO
September 2010
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT
slim
RATING
★★★★★

Back in the early ’90s, not washing was all the range amongst certain student circles. Crust was in, clean was out. The Levellers ruled all. The far lesser-known Newcranes were always lumped into that crowd, whether they liked it or not. However, their sound owed far more to Eastern European musical traditions that British ones. Notably here, on the title track with its Ukranian male choir intro and predominant accordian melody.

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