Album review: The Royal We
The Royal We
The Royal We
Label: Geographic Music
Release date: 29 October 2007
Website: www.myspace.com/theroyalweee
Rating: 4 out of 5
Picture the scene: Idealistic young American Belle & Sebastian fan dreams of finding like-minded twee pals in Glasgow, moves there and makes friends with hip art students and musicians.
One thing leads to another and said bright young things eventually (and somewhat inevitably) form a sort of free-form band and reign triumphant on the Glasgow indie-scene. This is the story of The Royal We.
With a mix of endearing amateurishness and real pop nous, The Royal We have managed to capture a kind of ephemeral euphoria – the jubilance and adrenaline of being young, hip and arty. It’s catchy, it’s fun and, surprisingly, it’s really good!
Standout track All The Rage starts with promising oo-oo-ahh’s and, with a triumphant “alright!”, launches into an indie-pop stormer, replete with hand-claps and suitably naïf lyrics. Sheer brilliance - its presence would have justified The Royal We’s existence even if the rest of the album hadn’t been such a little cracker.
Three Is A Crowd and French Legality mine a similar seam of retro-indie fantastic as The Long Blondes – part DIY art pop, part Blondie sang-froid. I Hate Rock N Roll is a twee-anthem; a jangle-driven, glam-ish invective against rockstar machismo and strutting poseurs.
And mention must be made of the indie-pop makeover given to Chris Isaac’s mid-90s smoulder-fest Wicked Game, here reinvented as the anguished wail of an infatuated first-year left drunk and rejected at the Student Union bar.
Simply poptastic.
The Royal We
Label: Geographic Music
Release date: 29 October 2007
Website: www.myspace.com/theroyalweee
Rating: 4 out of 5
Picture the scene: Idealistic young American Belle & Sebastian fan dreams of finding like-minded twee pals in Glasgow, moves there and makes friends with hip art students and musicians.
One thing leads to another and said bright young things eventually (and somewhat inevitably) form a sort of free-form band and reign triumphant on the Glasgow indie-scene. This is the story of The Royal We.
With a mix of endearing amateurishness and real pop nous, The Royal We have managed to capture a kind of ephemeral euphoria – the jubilance and adrenaline of being young, hip and arty. It’s catchy, it’s fun and, surprisingly, it’s really good!
Standout track All The Rage starts with promising oo-oo-ahh’s and, with a triumphant “alright!”, launches into an indie-pop stormer, replete with hand-claps and suitably naïf lyrics. Sheer brilliance - its presence would have justified The Royal We’s existence even if the rest of the album hadn’t been such a little cracker.
Three Is A Crowd and French Legality mine a similar seam of retro-indie fantastic as The Long Blondes – part DIY art pop, part Blondie sang-froid. I Hate Rock N Roll is a twee-anthem; a jangle-driven, glam-ish invective against rockstar machismo and strutting poseurs.
And mention must be made of the indie-pop makeover given to Chris Isaac’s mid-90s smoulder-fest Wicked Game, here reinvented as the anguished wail of an infatuated first-year left drunk and rejected at the Student Union bar.
Simply poptastic.
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