Saturday, 30 March 2013

You got me Fraiche album review, Disorder Magazine


This is from disorder magazine
We don't have a clear record of the author or date, but we're pretty sure it is Daniel Robson, and came out February 2002

Anyone who saw this lot on their recent jaunt around the country will know what to expect. So to those of you who were lucky enough to see them we say 'yes, it really was that great.'
Meanwhile, we have the unenviable task of telling the rest of you that Lapsus Linguae are going to be one of the most exciting bands of next year. To take the unwavering hardcore of Big Black and force it to copulate with Holst, Wagner, and any passing Super Furry Animal might seem like a slightly strange idea, but Lapsus do it on every song here to a greater or lesser extent. It sounds fantastic, both brutal and soothing, at times holding you like a peaceful lullaby before throwing your body down on the floor and yelling 'URINY!' at you for no good reason whatsoever.
You've Got Me Fraiche takes the ideas they explored on their debut EP, Parade (and That's an Order), and fully realises them. The wiry new-wave guitars on these tracks are more urgent, the vocals gloriously deranged, and the sweeping classical piano movements are ever more heartbreaking. If you feel that these compositions (written by a couple of reprobates by the names of Penelope Collegefriend and Magaloof Taylor, no less) are contrived and somewhat pretentious, you might have a point. But hang your heads in shame; if pretentious sounds this good then sign up. This is a band that can energise a music scene that is dying on its feet right now. Music needs Lapsus Linguae like a shot in the arse. We can't begin to imagine what the copyist bands are going to make of this, but I guess we'll find out when the Nu-Classical scene hits in about July of next year.

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