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THE BLUE AEROPLANES - Anti-Gravity; THE BLUE AEROPLANES - Anti-Gravity
Topic Started: Jul 12 2011, 09:35 AM (558 Views)
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THE BLUE AEROPLANES
Anti-Gravity

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Once upon a time the Blue Aeroplanes were supposed to be Britains answer to REM. As if we needed an answer to that unsufferable shite. I'd managed to avoid both for decades until t'aeroplane single 'China Brilliance Automotive' came my way last year. I listened to it and then said, "I will coat myself in lard and bumrush the Pope before listening to this again." That wasn't meant as praise. And now here's a whole album of their stuff. Jaysus. Luckily for me, the single isn't here, so the Pope and, for that matter, lard, can rest easy.

I do have to tip my hat to them for one thing. Their new album is a vinyl release. So that makes it considerably more lovely than if it were on a CD. But would I ever want to listen to it again? Um, no. I can't get my head around the inconsequential gibberish spouted by mainman Gerard Langely which, I'm told' is akin to stream of consciousness beat poetry. Or inconsequential gibberish. There are the odd moments when something resembling a tune rears it head for air, before it's suffocated by pretentiousness. So I could give pass marks to 'Sulphur' and 'Oak Street Day'.

However, flip over to Side 2 and prepare yourself for some utter tosh. The worst offender, by a mile, is 'One World Passport' which manages to cram every piece of hippy mumbo jumbo ever defecated by a weed smoking halfwit into one song. I say song, but there isn't really anything that even remotely resembles a melody or a tune in there. I, literally, threw up in my mouth. Just a wee bit, but it was definitely there.

I'm utterly amazed that they've managed to keep going this long. Their fans must be bit like the followers of Mark E Smith, and are simply trying to foist a massive practical joke on the music industry. If that's true, then well done. If they're serious, then a smack upside the head is well overdue.

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