KINGS OF LEON – SEX ON
FIRE (RCA RECORDS)
There is something
horribly dirty about Kings Of Leon and the way they are peddling this soulful
kind of fiery indie rock when to my ears it just solidly reflects that they own
Afghan Whigs records.
The day I purchased
this seven inch it was along with releases by The Strokes, Spinto Band, Bon
Iver and Ladyhawke. What the fuck
happened to me and my music tastes?
In a way I am very
surprised at how popular Kings Of Leon have grown. I swear when they first arrived it was all about the beards. They certainly didn’t come with much of a
pedigree. And now that the beards have
gone, suddenly it is all about them being emotional and raw. Enter “your sex is on fire”.
Just what does the
band mean by sex being on fire? Two
bodies rubbing up so much that the friction actually bears flame? Such is the ferocity? At least Greg Dulli was subtle when pretending
to be a slag. Of course thick people
jump at such sentiments, like to put themselves in the position of the now clean
cut and slightly hunky Kings Of Leon. I
guess this was the kind of career decision that Bill Drummond wrote about in
his manual, not that I suspect the band has gone anywhere near it. This sounds like the Stereophonics for
fuck’s sake.
Ultimately this is not
a very good record. Despite the cheesy
hook, it is too light to rock but too rock to pop. Mixed up mainstream people will dig it while people with pulses
will mock it. They gonna need to call
the fire brigade at some point.
Thesaurus moment:
singe.
No comments:
Post a Comment