The Indelicates
Posted at 7:01 PM on 19 September 2008
Once in a while, something marvelously serendipitous occurs.
It started with a direct marketing message from ticketmaster. Generally speaking, I completely ignore these emails and they get consigned directly to the virtual dustbin. But in this case, somehow, for no particular reason I thought I'd see who was on and where they were playing, so I opened it for a look.
Skimming through, I noticed the Pipettes were playing, who I've not heard anything of since the infectious "Pull Shapes" single. "Are they still going?", I asked myself, and bought up the website, including a photo of the band.
I only recognised one member.
Curiosity piqued, it lead me to the wikipedia, after which I learned that the final remaining original members had left. There was also an intriguing link to the first original member to leave, who as it turned out, was in a band called "The Indelicates".
In these days of myspace, it was easy to find their website and listen to some sample tracks.
And quite frankly, I fell in love there and then. Which probably says a lot more about me than it does anything else, but it isn't every day that you hear something that immediately clicks like that. I watched one of their videos (noting a cameo from Art Brut's Eddie Argos) which made me smile.
And so I bought the album and set about a-listening on my drive home.
I'm still listening to it now. And loving every moment. Every track. It's a thing of beauty.
My words cannot possibly do it justice. It's just great!
Go have a listen, and then buy their album.
