Get ahead of the pack, What every hipster 'losing their edge' type, like that sad one upmanship bloke in the LCD Soundsystem classic 'Losing My Edge' is secretly hoping for Getting a jump on their music loving friends.
Listen closely because I have a tip for you the next time you want to drop a name that your mates will be unaware of. Just ask them, 'Have you heard of The Necessaries?' Then wait for the blank faces and give them your superior smirk in return.
Possibly. They might be aware of it. If they scour the pages of Pitchfork. If they do so, well done to them. Because that site is the location of possibly more tedious attitudes and prose than Quietus and The Wire combined. If that's actually possible.
Pitchfork have a review with biographical background for The Necessaries only album release Event Horizon. A minor classic frankly. The band featured hipper than hip Avant Gard figure Arthur Russell and former Modern Lover Ernie Brooks. It combines Eno-esque melody lines with Talking Heads, DEVO and Feelies like jerks and quirkiness. Frankly, it's fantastic. I tell no lie.
It's a fabulous record I tell you. One to amaze at on first listen. Then to listen to again and again until you know it like the back of your hand or your partner's body so you can sing along with it at the top of your voice and do ridiculous dances around your living room like the Jack Black character did in High Fidelity when you invite your friends round next. Boy will that irritate everyone. But some things need to be done.
Just dont kid yourself that you'll be able to track down and purchase a copy unless you've inherited a house from your Auntie recently. Good as this is, Prices for Event Horizon tend to start at £59 and rise sharply.
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