Figure 5
Nitty Gritty

Cover art for Nitty Gritty by Figure 5 Description: 7" on Stimulus
Format: 7" (vinyl)
Genre(s): Indie Rock
Label: Stimulus
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3Rating: 3
...according to our on 06 September 2007.

Figure 5: 'Nitty Gritty', A debut single that comes across like some terrace chanting Rockabilly trash with affected vocals that rhymes "gash with laff". Sounds like it was made for a 1970's audience, yeah Showaddywaddy...sorry lads

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What their label says...

FRESH OFF TWO UK TOURS WITH PALS THE FRATELLIS AND COVENTRY UP-STARTS THE ENEMY.FIGURE 5 ARE NOW SET TO RELEASE THEIR FOOT STOMPINGLY INFECTIOUS  DEBUT SINGLE ‘NITTY GRITTY’. SOUNDING LIKE A MIX BETWEEN SUPERGRASS, ADAM AND THE ANTS AND BUZZCOCKS, FIGURE 5 INFUSE A HEAVY DOSE OF CONTAGIOUS GUITAR RIFFS WITH CATCHY SING A LONG MELODIES THAT MAKE YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD AROUND.
PRODUCED BY ONE OF THE HOTTEST PRODUCERS AROUND, TONY HOFFER (BECK, SUPERGRASS, THE FRATELLIS), THIS CATCHY LITTLE DITTY HAS ALREADY FOUND FANS AT RADIO, WITH VIC GALLOWAY BOOKING THEM IN FOR A SESSION. A SAATCHI & SAATCHI SYNC DEAL FOLLOWED FOR B SIDE ‘NO FIXED ABODE’, AND EMI PUBLISHING WERE QUICK TO COME ON BOARD, SNAPPING THEM UP IN A DEAL ALSO.