The Last Drop

The Rumble Strips, Girls & Weather – Ah, the brisk and bracing air of Brighton brings bountiful beauty and bouncing beats. On the heals of The Go Team’s anthemic pop comes anthemic rock. With horns! But these anthems are a mix of nautical themes (there from the beach, right) and heartache. All with the pleasantries of horns! Ok, ok. Again, here comes my bias. There are three things that automatically make a great song for me – horns (check), hand claps (check), and stuttering (not yet, Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet” if you need an example). Thus I’m obliged to love a song like “Girls and Boys in Love”. The rest of the album just continues on this path of larger than life pop. Charlie Waller’s voice is on a crash course to overtake Bono for consistent grandiose stylings. But I don’t feel the need to by a red t-shirt in support. And the entire album is one big burst of pop energy from start to finish. No need to read into any deeper meanings. For better or for worse. It seems to capture the feeling of Brighton very well – a little over the top and romantic. All for the better. Give me more I say! And a motorcycle to ride out on (if only it could fly…).