{"id":438,"date":"2007-02-13T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T09:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2007-02-13T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T10:35:36","slug":"the-departure-lump-in-my-throat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"the departure &#8211; lump in my throat (james ford remix)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">back in 2005 i started to receive these rather  wonderfully packaged single track promos by the band <STRONG>the departure.  <\/STRONG>the mixture of punk and funk was obviously designed to appeal to the  haircut brigade meaning that cynical distrust would have been&nbsp;an easy  option a la <STRONG>the bravery, <\/STRONG>something made even more possible by  the fact that the band appeared out of nowhere with some heavy major label  backing, giving way to rumours that the band were actually insiders and had  worked in the offices&nbsp;at their paymasters,&nbsp;<EM>emi<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however any such ideas of negative thoughts were  easy to dispel when the actual music started. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">at the time, i stated a lot of this love was due to  the production by steve osbourne and alan moulder, that made the music leap out  of my skinny hi fi into full strength brilliance even if bands such as  <STRONG>the editors <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>bloc party<\/STRONG>, were ripping into  the same styled groove with a lot more commercial success.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">then as part of my glastonbury 2005 event, prior to  my <EM>twilight zone period <\/EM>i caught the band live in the <EM>peel  tent<\/EM>&nbsp;and while they made the right noises, there was something that  didn&#8217;t quite work as well, obviously the band were still learning their trade  and if memory serves me right, their guitarist looked like he was in the wrong  band (all punked up as opposed to the ties and new wave sharpness as per the  rest of the band).<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">now 2 years later and the whole love for  postpunkfunk has fallen away slightly, so how will the band fare with the  current love for popped up disco. a quick recent revival of the music makes me  stand by my original statement, this is big music that dips its toes into  post-punk and moody arty indie but with a widescreen gloss that supplements the  well crafted songs.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a quick scan of the blog\/site it appears that the  band&nbsp;are still hanging on in there despite a personnel change (original  drummer simon has returned in a spinal tap-esque move) and promise some new  fresh noise in 2007.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, with that in mind i thought why not post one of  their classics in remixed form. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the remix is a typical <EM>james ford <\/EM>styled  electro revision, underpinning the track with an fantastically authentic 80s  drum machine loop that <STRONG>the human league <\/STRONG>would have been proud  of and then there is the indie disco friendly appearances by one finger synth  parts all over the place to pose to.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">wonderful.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>mp3<\/EM> : <STRONG>the departure<\/STRONG> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/departure.mp3\">lump in my throat  (james ford remix)<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.thedeparture.com\/\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>back in 2005 i started to receive these rather wonderfully packaged single track promos by the band the departure. the mixture of punk and funk was obviously designed to appeal to the haircut brigade meaning that cynical distrust would have been&nbsp;an easy option a la the bravery, something made even more possible by the fact 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