We Are The Physics - Bulimia Sisters

 

Funny how some records, quite accidentally I'm sure, end up painting pictures of the times you're living in whilst others, good as they are, stay forever as songs. The perfect sonic representation of the mood of world, chain of events, signs of the times. Catching the zeitgeist is the phrase, before you all put your hands up and start wriggling in your chairs.

There's loads of examples (send us your lists - Ed), but The Specials Ghost Town always does it for me. A better portal back to late 70's Britain, knotted with racial tension, disenfranchisement, dissapointment and boredom you'll never find. So welcome to this fairly exclusive (though I accept arguable) club, Bulimia Sisters, the sound of the western world panicking.

Cynics, you may be resisting my suggestion, so indulge me in a little experiment and I will stand before you in my righteous glory. Turn on Sky News (if you haven't already cancelled your subscription in a budgeting rethink), crank up WATP 3 and a half minute wonder and watch in awe as the ticker tape headlines sharpen the slicing guitars, add a touch more mockery to the Glaswegian lilt and inject a little extra pace into the chants and apologies hurtling past.

I have no idea what they're saying mind. Sorry chaps, it's just you're from Glasgow and rather shouty and I've never lived more than 100 miles from the south coast. Never mind, as far as I'm concerned "Fuck, what's this recession shit? Everythin's going tits up plus America keeps blowing everybody's shit up! How did this happen, kind of exciting though isn't it, maybe there's a revolution coming!" is the contents of the lyric sheet and hey, it works for me!

Bulimia Sisters is out on This Is Fake DIY Records on 15th December 2008

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