THE LONG BLONDES - COUPLES (LP)

The Long Blondes Couples On Vinyl LP + MP3 Coupon

The Long Blondes Couples mixes extravagant aesthetics into everyday life, serving as a spark of excitement in an otherwise dull, suburban existence. Familiar retro influences, like Pet Shop Boys, Blondie and Pulp are recalled but not imitated and result in an original and relevant sophomore album. However this familiarity like so much on Couples comes with a twist as five individual characters set about stamping their unique personality onto ten super songs. Though recorded at Miloko Studios in London, The Long Blondes returned to their hometown of Sheffield to write Couples. With their signature down-to-earth narratives forming intelligent and sharp observations about romance and life one might get an impression of a group with their feet firmly on the ground. However these lyrics aren’t in a vacuum but instead are set to a rich, synth-y, electronic sound, that suggest the moment New Order's eardrums first vibrated to house and disco in ‘81 NYC. With super producer Erol Alkan (Klaxons, Hot Chip and Justice to name a few) at the helm The Long Blondes are moving, effortlessly and upwards, to those giddy stratospheres that are rightfully theirs. VInyl Version includes a MP3 coupon!

“The Long Blondes inherit Pulp’s arched back and sharp tongue, plus a bit of Elastica's love of borrowed late-70s riffs. So they're the pop-punk Dusty Springfield to fellow Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys' provincial kids-today Kinks." - Pitchforkmedia.com

The Long Blondes Couples Track Listing

1. Century
2. Guilt
3. The Couples
4. I Liked Boys
5. Here Comes The
Serious Bit
6. Round the Hairpin
7. Too Clever By Half
8. Erin O'Connor
9. Nostalgia
10. I’m Going To Hell