Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes

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Free Music Review: Heartburn Never Felt So Good...
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The rest of the album is totally stellar. "Forest Fire" is another favorite of mine. Lloyd Cole's voice is so sexy and desperate and fierce all at once. I love the line "there's a forest fire every time we get together." It is an odd despriptive lyric of something so tangible. And that's what so great about Cole's songwriting. It seems like he has a cynical angle on love, but still admires the experience. I think that's true for a lot of people, right?

"2CV" is great too. He has such a tongue-in-cheek style of writing here, decribing the demise of another failed relationship. My favorite line in "2CV" goes "we were never close, if the truth were told, all we ever shared was a taste in clothes." Sometimes his lyrics remind me of Morrisey's work in The Smiths, but a little more down to earth (and a little less dramatic).

The thing that is great about Rattlesnakes is that the sound is so timeless. Considering that it was released in 1984, it coupld have easily sounded like mindless overproduced guitar pop. But it steers way clear of the trappings of most music from that era. It is so simple and modern and totally refreshing.

It makes absolutely no sense why Lloyd Cole isn't totally huge. His subsequent albums with the Commotions were equally brilliant (especailly Mainstream), and he has been consistently recording amazing music for the past 15 years on his own. The only explanation that I can conjure is that Cole's music is so hard to pigeonhole, people didn't know what label to put on it.

Either way, you're a FOOL if you don't know who Lloyd Cole is and don't already own Rattlesnakes. You can redeem yourself buy purchasing it now. Enjoy the heatburn...

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