A Fierce Panda single ranks alongside badges on rucksacks, coloured vinyl and Steve Lamacq's DNA as things that are ubiquitously 'indie'. So it's regrettable but oddly fitting that this limited edition 7" with death in its name and title will be the label's last ever pressing of a single.
Rather than quietly hanging itself with an iPod cord , Dead Wife Pills is going down in a bloody, sneering rage. It's defiantly British. Singer Mike Frankel croaks an underdog memorandum of intent to a melody not to dissimilar to Cool For Cats. Ex Rays is like a battle cry from Essex. Imagine The Dogs on a stint of Community Service. In equal parts, wide eyed for the bright lights of the city and thoroughly fucked off.
The traditional single is dying. Play this at the wake.
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