Dirty Hands - Get On Yer Bike (Charlie)

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3...according to our Ant on Wed 08 Aug, 2007.

Apparently Way Out Records (who put out that Molloy 7") have had to change their name. They've changed it to Happy Release Records and they have a 7" out by Dirty Hands. My hands are filthy, I probably ought to wash them. 'Get On Yer Bike (Charlie)' is what this one is called. I like it when song titles have words in brackets at the end. My favorite is mucky Michael Bolton's 'Can I Touch You (There)', anyway this Dirty Hands 7" is a laddish stop start indie beast that talks about someone falling off their bike. Falling off your bike is rubbish.

“Another gem handed to me at a gig offering further proof of the new British beat boom. These people fit nicely alongside Fear of Flying, The Video Nasties, and that whole mis-named Thamesbeat scene. Good songs, well arranged with a nice line in lyrical metaphor rooted in everyday ups and downs. ‘Get On Yer Bike, Charlie’ outlines a tale of bad timing and poor decision making in the game of love. On first hearing I knew I had to play it on the radio that very night. It’s astonishing how Dirty Hands and their ilk make things like song structure, melody and verve seem so easy while previous generations still struggle with them. No wonder the charts are alive with guitar slingers too young to get a drink in most parts of the United States. Could this be the positive side of Blair’s tenure the historians will be looking for?”
- JOHN KENNEDY, XFM (X-posure Demo of the Month)

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