{"id":439,"date":"2007-02-13T11:22:48","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T10:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2007-02-13T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T10:22:48","slug":"the-hours-narcissus-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"the hours &#8211; narcissus road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.5730.11\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a lot has been made of the 2 blokes behind this  bands history. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>having been on the britpop sidelines for many  years, anthony genn (<STRONG>pulp<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>elastica<\/STRONG>) and  martin slattery apparently caught a <STRONG>radiohead<\/STRONG> gig and decided  there and then to form a band of their own.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>somewhere along the line of this stretched out  convoluted story, the 2 came into contact with <EM>damien hirst<\/EM> who has put  his art where his mouth is and designed the cover and website in all its skull  scraping detail. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not only that, but the classic 70s <EM>a&amp;m  <\/EM>imprint has been revised for the release of the album. someone has high  hopes for this release thats for sure !<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hopefully, after years of supposed bad luck,  <STRONG>the hours <\/STRONG>are now getting their just rewards, and i for one am  rather chuffed to see a happy ending.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a few listens to the album reveals quickly that its  a direct relation to all things <STRONG>embrace, keane, et al. <\/STRONG>in other  words we are talking about big pounding piano chords, epic strings and heartfelt  emotions laid out for all to hear on daytime radio 2.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>or, so it would seem on the surface, where things  veer off into new territories is in the lyrics. <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial  size=2>when the phrase <EM>twinkle twinkle little star who the fuck do you think  you are <\/EM>strikes out during the excellent title track, you begin to realise  that the dark corners that the lads have lived in has tainted their world  outlook as the lyrics are littered with all sorts of subtle digs and extras that  make an old&#8217;un like me smile.the ruffed up vocals of <EM>i love you more  <\/EM>with the declaration<EM>&nbsp;i love you more than my record collection  <\/EM>being one such delicious moment.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>despite my original desire to bin this album (its  the constant <STRONG>keane <\/STRONG>thing .. a band i really dont enjoy) i can&#8217;t  deny that the album is an easy, thoroughly enjoyable&nbsp;listen that has crept  up on me in the last few weeks as the songs are melody rich, and sound great  when you want some uplifting passion filled indie pop rock in your life.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>simple as that.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.thehours.co.uk\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a lot has been made of the 2 blokes behind this bands history. having been on the britpop sidelines for many years, anthony genn (pulp, elastica) and martin slattery apparently caught a radiohead gig and decided there and then to form a band of their own. somewhere along the line of this stretched out convoluted 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