Tuesday, October 16, 2007

my current obsession

Well, besides post-season baseball that is... :)

You may have noticed that I've not added any more "brilliant albums" posts lately... I kinda came to the conclusion that it was a bit of an ill-conceived idea for a couple of reasons. First, it will totally give away my end of year "best" list. And we simply can't have that. Second, I started the feature right before I was asked to write for those other blogs, and I just don't have the time to keep up. Finally, and somewhat after the fact, we over at The Line Of Best Fit have just started a similar feature entitled "The Line Of Best Fit Loves..." that will run every Monday. Check it out!

With that said, here is a tip that may possibly give away my sleeper album of the year. I don't know if Pete Doherty is influencing me somehow via my iPod, but I can't stop listening to the new Babyshambles album. Not unlike the way Pete can't stay off the crack. And the supermodels.

I never would have given this album a thought if I hadn't been asked to review it. But the thing is fucking amazing. From the time I got it until my review was published I listened to Shotter's Nation no less than a couple dozen times. I just can't seem to stop. Not entirely unlike how Pete Doherty can't lay off the... well, you get the idea.

Check this one out, it's a hell of a long journey from the semi-disaster that was Down In Albion, and it gives me a reason to hope for Pete's continued success with his latest stint in rehab. I came to a realization that lost in all his tabloid shenanigans is the fact that he really is a poet and he can actually sing!! Lots of kudos to his 'Shambles for sticking it out. Note also that all this fawning is coming from an admitted Carl BarĂ¢t fangirl... I'm just sayin'...

For more insight, and some shameless self-promotion, you can read my review!

Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
available: 10/23/2007
Parlophone

I've included the video for the brilliant, Kinks-influenced single "Delivery" (and at the risk of sounding like a complete bitch, I couldn't help but giggle at this commentary from FluxCapacitor):

The film ends with a terrifying image: Doherty behind the wheel of a car. However it soon becomes clear (due to him driving more than ten yards without being arrested) that the vehicle is being towed by a truck. Pete should consider getting around like this in real life. Safer.
I'm sorry, Pete... you just make it so easy.

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