I've been a very naughty Devil and have failed to maintain my interest in the pop songs of the glamtastic Jonny & The A Grades. My misdemenanours have not gone unnoticed and this week I received a final notice threatening legal action if I do not show my appreciation by 25/10/10! Failure to comply may result in additional costs and more importantly suffer the ignominy of missing out on one of the best albums of the year. Well I confess I have not been as diligent in my praise for Jonny and his A-Grades as perhaps I should since my initial praise of their mini album 'The Yellow Mini' (They're The Real Thing).
It's a good job that the band's new album 'In Debt' is out at the end of this month as it gives me an opportunity to redeem myself. Given the album title and it's first single 'The Party's Over' it could be George Osbourne's favourite album of the year! Although I can't see it booming out from the windows of number 11 Downing Street somehow!
Where 'The Yellow Mini' dripped with Suedette androgyny 'In Debt' has a harder edge, a more masculine feel. It's indebted to early 70s Bowie, prime time Pulp and Denim with the odd Brett Anderson harmony thrown in for good measure. It's a throwback to those heady Britpop days when London ruled the world and grime was something that you got on the collar of your Ben Sherman! Final track 'Out Of Focus' is like a one song Britpop collection. It could be the sound of the Blur/Oasis armistice.
With 'In Debt' Jonny Cola & The A-Grades have got the Britpop fizzing again.
Go Try
If you can't wait for the album or haven't yet tasted the pleasures of Jonny Cola then here are a couple of old tracks for you to quench your thirst...
MP3 - Jonny Cola & The A-Grades - Shooting Up
MP3 - Jonny Cola & The A-Grades - Disappearing Act
These tracks are linked direct from the Jonny Cola & the A-Grades website and are therefore already freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.
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Jonny Cola & The A Grades - Myspace : Website : Last.FM
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The Party's Over