Standard Fare - Philadelphia

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 09 Jul, 2010.

I've been a bit down on the old indie pop revivalists recently and old Brian down in his lair has been recommending these lot. Its certainly a notch above the likes of Allo Darlin showing a bit of Northern grit and a tune to get stuck in your head. It still shambles along endearingly but not in an intentionally crap, derivative way. The A side has a biting melody that will get stuck in your head. Good honest to goodness lady fronted indie pop. Comparisons? The Long Blondes, Los Campensinos, The Delgados.

* ‘A riot of hormones, cut-to-the-chase lyrics, bolshie girl-boy vocals and jingle-jangle propulsion, this debut from the
Sheffield trio distils all the best and most loveable aspects of indie guitar music and avoids many pitfalls.’ 4/5 The Sunday
Times

* Green vinyl, 300 only.

* Following the March release of debut album The Noyelle Beat, Sheffield trio Standard Fare are set to release the
lauded album track Philadelphia as the next single. It’s a busy summer for the band as they also play the Latitude, Indie
Tracks and Farm festivals, having already conquered the SXSW festival in Austin Texas this year.

* A tale of a Transatlantic love affair stymied by distance and budget, Philadelphia is a marvel of kitchen sink lyric-writing
that, like the best of indie-pop, refuses to let wider issues get in the way of a bit of hormone-fuelled self indulgence.
Here’s our favourite lyric: “Global warming is getting me down/It’s making the sea between us wider and deeper.” On the
B-side is a brand new track, the really rather ace Don’t Tell. Both are the perfect crash-course in the band’s tune-fuelled,
scrappy and utterly loveable sound.

* Recorded in six days with an indie aesthetic that would have made John Peel proud, their debut album is named for a
formative period in the band’s development when they travelled across the channel to play at a festival in Noyelles Sous
Lens, France. “It was where we felt our sound came together,” says Danny, and the collection of songs they were playing
became The Noyelle Beat.

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