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01) Town Clowns
02) Don't Say You're Sorry
03) Signs
04) More Than I
05) Digger
06) Sympathy
07) What If
08) So Debonair
09) Blueprint
10) News
11) Made Up My Mind
12) Worthless
13) In Leather
01) Town Clowns
02) Don't Say You're Sorry
03) Signs
04) More Than I
05) Digger
06) Sympathy
07) What If
08) So Debonair
09) Blueprint
10) News
11) Made Up My Mind
12) Worthless
13) In Leather
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An album that I've seen categorised as Grunge / alt.rock, but those genres derive from North America, and Blameless come from Sheffield in the UK. What's more, this album is a lot more tuneful than pigeon-holing as alt.rock would suggest (alt.rock being a virtually tuneless genre in my experience). As far as categorys go then, The Signs Are All There is more a fusion of Jangle and BritPop ...
The tunefulness arises from a polished production and some strong songwriting, combined with the Kurt Cobain-ish vocals of lead singer Jared Daley, plus some fine melodic phrasing from Matt Pirt on jangly guitar. Added to that are some interesting lyrical themes.
The first three tracks are the standouts, all showcasing the band's best points, and all worth somewhere between 5 and 5½ stars, with "Don't Say You're Sorry" being the most obviously Cobain-like. Beyond Track 3 "Signs" though, things do go downhill a bit, with Blameless occasionally lapsing into - yes, the dreaded and truly 'orrible alt.rock style - meaning the usual generic noisy guitar rock and nondescript shouty vocals that typify that genre. Even so, there are still plenty of good musical ideas to be found, and Daley's vocals and thoughtful lyrics often salvage what might otherwise have been mere filler, a sample from the band's indie hit "Town Clowns" (linked below) being:
"The little furry dice you have that hang in front of you epitomises what you are - and everything you do. Your idea of a good time is some beer and then a fight, and singing songs by The Farm's the highlight of your night. Do you like your new car stereo ...? That's a quality suit, where'd you get it from ...? I'll mercifully scrutinise the meaning of your life: You do the same things every day, like millions of mice ... first you're born, then you're sad, then you die."
Overall then, an album that was a lot better than I expected, largely due to the vocals and lead guitar. And it appears Blameless made just this one album - presumably of their most well-rehearsed and best-developed material - then promptly disappeared, so they had the good sense to quit while they were ahead. It's a pity more bands don't have the wit to do the same, rather than trying to convert maybe a few good songs into a lifelong career.
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An album that I've seen categorised as Grunge / alt.rock, but those genres derive from North America, and Blameless come from Sheffield in the UK. What's more, this album is a lot more tuneful than pigeon-holing as alt.rock would suggest (alt.rock being a virtually tuneless genre in my experience). As far as categorys go then, The Signs Are All There is more a fusion of Jangle and BritPop ...
The tunefulness arises from a polished production and some strong songwriting, combined with the Kurt Cobain-ish vocals of lead singer Jared Daley, plus some fine melodic phrasing from Matt Pirt on jangly guitar. Added to that are some interesting lyrical themes.
The first three tracks are the standouts, all showcasing the band's best points, and all worth somewhere between 5 and 5½ stars, with "Don't Say You're Sorry" being the most obviously Cobain-like. Beyond Track 3 "Signs" though, things do go downhill a bit, with Blameless occasionally lapsing into - yes, the dreaded and truly 'orrible alt.rock style - meaning the usual generic noisy guitar rock and nondescript shouty vocals that typify that genre. Even so, there are still plenty of good musical ideas to be found, and Daley's vocals and thoughtful lyrics often salvage what might otherwise have been mere filler, a sample from the band's indie hit "Town Clowns" (linked below) being:
"The little furry dice you have that hang in front of you epitomises what you are - and everything you do. Your idea of a good time is some beer and then a fight, and singing songs by The Farm's the highlight of your night. Do you like your new car stereo ...? That's a quality suit, where'd you get it from ...? I'll mercifully scrutinise the meaning of your life: You do the same things every day, like millions of mice ... first you're born, then you're sad, then you die."
Overall then, an album that was a lot better than I expected, largely due to the vocals and lead guitar. And it appears Blameless made just this one album - presumably of their most well-rehearsed and best-developed material - then promptly disappeared, so they had the good sense to quit while they were ahead. It's a pity more bands don't have the wit to do the same, rather than trying to convert maybe a few good songs into a lifelong career.
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