Remember when indie music used to be integral?
Before nu-rave was born, back when electro was only heard in discotheques and the holy trinity of guitar-drums-bass was all the NME cared about.
The year that I was 16 (2004), was a great year for music. The Libertines were on their last legs but they were still important, Razorlight were thriving as were The Strokes, The Cribs and Morrissey's solo career. 2004 was the year that murmurs started about a band called Arctic Monkeys and British guitar rock was in its prime. It was all about British charisma, grit not glamour and no one felt the need to throw a synth in to make their music sound better.
It has taken me almost six years to find a band that channels that same integrity.
Telford 3-piece Lady Fortune are here to save the day.
'It Ends and Starts in a Dark Room' is monumental not-to-be-missed slice of indie pop brilliance. Starting out with a bolshy Art Brut-esque lyrical spin, with the genius line,
I bet Shakespeare couldn't cheer /at the idea that romance / would be seen on a phone screen
The track then flourishes into a gorgeous mix of Strokes-esque guitars, woo-oohs and the sort of frighteningly good indie chorus not heard since the pre-electro days.
'It Ends and Starts...' is a graphically honest portrait of modern British society, with the sort of vocal cheekiness and bluntless that made Alex Turner such a hero.
There is not one thing wrong with this track in my opinion.
The fact that the main lyrical hook ("Kaaatie wants to be your girlfriend") has my name in it doesn't make me biased at all. Nope, not one bit.
Their latest EP features the lead track, 'Elephant Juice' and a slow'un called 'Twit' that comes across lyrically as Telford's answer to 'Hey There Delilah'.
Lady Fortune are a brilliant rehash of every good sound that has happened in the last decade of music. It's raw, personal, humorous, with brilliant insight into society while still sounding really good.
This is it! I'm willing to bet money Lady Fortune will soon be MASSIVE.
What do you think?
http://www.myspace.com/LadyFortune
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