Lora Logic - Pedigree Charm

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I like a couple of Essential Logic tunes but they always seem tied too close to punk for my liking, whereas this breaks away entirely following a similar path to groups like Talking Heads I guess but not as rigidly academic, more like Tom Tom Club then but not as silly and cringeworthy. Unashamedly pop, tight and bright, perfect balance between understated whispers and unabashed yelping, with enough arhythmic arrangements to placate the Raincoat fans, yet plenty of uptight funkiness and skronky dance tunes. "Martian Man" is beautiful. What do you think?

― coral/coral/coral, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah and it's got lots of saxaphone obviously which is grrreat.

― coral/coral/coral, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

I love it, though the b-side "Stereo" (and to a lesser extent the other b-side, "Rather Than Repeat") blow away much of the album, which is really saying something. And the Peel session was pretty magical, especially the radically different "funk" version of "Martian Man." But that's splitting hairs - it's all great.

― Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

This is perhaps a very underrated album. I was just listening to it the other day. I still need to listen to it more.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

some of the stuff on the Essential Logic dbl-CD on Kill Rock Stars is mindfuckingly gorgeous

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

does this have "stop halt" on it? that song is wonderful (and better than most essential logic songs i've heard)

― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Yes.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

the best thing about Essential Logic is that a pre-Whitehouse William Bennett used to play guitar with them..

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

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