Bordellos - Starcrossed Radio

 

I had a conversation with someone from the Anything Should Happen days (you'll note that the IDHAS e mail isn't something that was magically plucked out of the air). For the many of you who would never have come across ASH, it ran in various guises for 8 years before I Don't Hear A Single started and it was a private community.

Whereas IDHAS is about the new, ASH was more about the underappreciated and out of print albums. Anyway, the chap said to me that he liked I Don't Hear A Single when it was a Power Pop site. Now I've never thought of here as such. True, there was a good bit of Power Pop around in earlier years, which was more about the circles that I moved in. 

It has always introduced much more than PP, it probably has a base of Pop Rock, but there are departures into Prog, Psych and much more. Lately it seems to have become more Indie and introduced the playlist thing which many seem to like and others think we've gone all Top Of The Pops.

However, I digress. My main statement about this Power Pop accusation was to say to him. "Would The Bordellos ever be covered on a Power Pop site?" So, as if Ali Baba was here, Abracadabra, it is time for The Bordellos. So say hello to largely Brian, Dan and Ant!

Brian Bordello is one of my favourite human beings. We both have the same industrial town connection. A One Horse Town where the horse has just been shot. We laugh at the same things and believe it or not, he is almost as funny as me. He is incredibly self effacing and above all, a lyrical genius.

It is to be noted that it is hard being recognised as such when you and your band largely major on such lo-fi recordings. But his writing of the songs, those song titles, his mastery of couplets and the sheer wit deserve an award by themselves.

Starcrossed Radio is a selection of songs from throughout the year. It isn't a Best Of as there would be fights over what to include with the back catalogue being so vast. There are also no inclusions from those reach for the skies days of the magnificent Songs For Swinging Stalkers and Meet The Bordellos.

This selection is of course Lo-Fi, but not as Lo as you would imagine. I don't need to tell you about the songs because Dave Thompson as done that wonderfully (the is on the Bandcamp page) and I don't need to tell you about the recording of the songs because Brian tells you here.

So what I have done is select my favourite songs from Starcrossed Radio. The Urban Folk of Never Learn, the sheer battiness of Disco Pants and Dan's masterpiece, Life Love & Billy Fury which underlines what a voice the lad has.

You can listen to and buy the album here. You can also read Dave's Review by following that link.

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