Not Fade Away - David Kitt CD

Not Fade Away - David Kitt CD

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Not Fade Away - David Kitt CD

Fifth album from this Irish singer / songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Over his career, he has been nominated for a host of awards (he won the Best Male category in the Meteor Ireland Music Awards in 2002 and was nominated in two categories at the same awards in 2004) and has featured strongly in the Hot Press readers and critics polls since his first release, Small Moments, in 2000. He has toured with the Tindersticks, the Moldy Peaches, Starsailor, Mercury Rev and others. 11 tracks including One Clear Way, Sleep and Grey Day. Rough Trade. 2006.Additional Info: Primarily seen as a bizarre busman's holiday for Jarvis Cocker where he briefly indulged himself in electroclash insanity after the demise of Pulp, Relaxed Muscle isn't quite as wild as its reputation may suggest -- or as wild as the comically gothic makeup Cocker worse under the guise of Darrin Spooner, the pseudonym he adopted for this band, which also featured Jason Buckle and contributions from Richard Hawley. Their lone album, A Heavy Nite with Relaxed Muscle, is heavy on clangings synths and drum machines, but it's never as confrontational as the electroclash that provided inspiration for Cocker and company in the year of 2003: the artiness here finds Jarvis reconnecting with his post-punk roots, in a way. After all, what is the duo's theme song, "Muscle Music," but an updated version of "Ant Rap," right down to the Burundi drums pulsating through the track? And that's what makes A Heavy Nite with Relaxed Muscle something less than a heavy experience -- sure, it's all painted in dark colors and accentuated with highlights of noise, but it's hard to call a record that's so clearly designed to be fun as heavy. Jarvis isn't laboring over lyrics as he was during the days after Different Class -- as exquisite as moments of This Is Hardcore and We Love Life are, they appear painstakingly constructed -- and even if he's trying run in the fast and furious circles of electroclash, he can't leave his love of pop behind. Much of Heavy Nite is grounded in glam, particularly in the stomping rhythms and fizzy hooks, which gives this a giddiness missing in latter-day Pulp, a giddiness that's accentuated by such clever co-opts as quoting Travis Bickle for the intro of "Billy Jack," which itself takes its title from another cinematic vigilante of the '70s. This is a throwaway joke, which is only appropriate for an album that's a deliberate throwaway -- yet that constructed tawdriness actually gives Heavy Nite substance. It may be cheap and sleazy, quickly written and recorded, but Relaxed Muscle's combined skills as pop writers are evident throughout the album, and their combined with an addictive sense of fun that makes the record a memorable low-rent thrill. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Specifics

Album: Not Fade Away
Artist: David Kitt
Label: Rough Trade
Genre: Rock
MPN: RTRADCD281

Tracklist

1. One Clear Way
2. Grey Day
3. Up To You
4. Sleep
5. I Know The Reason
6. Nothing Else
7. Wish And I Wont Stop
8. Gulity Prayers, Pointless Ends
9. Say No More
10. Dont Fuck With Me
11. With You

GTIN: 5050159828128