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Jim Noir - Key Of C (My Dad)
UK release date: 27 February 2006
Jim Noir - Key Of C

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Ever since The Divine Comedy stopped bothering the charts we've been utterly bereft of tea-drinking English gentlefolk making slightly eccentric but very tuneful pop singles. Well, bowler hat wearing Mancunian Jim Noir may just be the chap to fill that void. Key Of C is a pretty little ditty which trips along while Jim sings an ode to his favourite key - in his favourite key of course (C being the only key in music not to use any black notes on the piano, so 'it's easier to play it' of course).

It's a shame that the single is blighted slightly by the 'B sides' (i.e. the other tracks on the CD). Hotsy Wa Wa Blues is a silly blues variation of J'ai Dormi Sous L'eau - a track off Air's Premier Symptoms (strange but true) - but with some Peter Frampton-esque talkbox guitar and drum'n' bass beat. Very droll, but once the novelty wears off there's little to appreciate. The other track is a rather pointless six minute remix of the title song.

While not among the best stuff to come from Noir's debut album Tower Of Love, this inaugural single is a taster of his wonky, trippy-in-a-kids-tv-programme-way world. So raise your teacups now for the next generation of English eccentro-pop - and make sure your little finger is firmly extended.


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