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The Yorkshire chart invasion continues apace. Not since the heady days of Madchester has one region in the UK monopolised the pages of the weekly music press. The Sunshine Underground are much funkier and wide screen than the Artic Monkeys, locking into the groove and staying focused and have a tight grasp of the indie dancefloor mores.
There may be a little of the Monkeys kitchen sink drama in I Ain't Losing Sleep and it's portrayal of a failing relationship but where Alex Turner is prone to analysis The Sunshine Underground simply swagger. With its chicken rhythm guitars its like the Happy Mondays shadow boxing The Strokes. The spiked kiss off of the line "I am not losing sleep" blisters with perfect arrogance.
Who Called The Dandy has a more laid back feel. Wah wah guitars and frantic drum fills place this somewhere between The Music's stargazing and The Stone Roses circa The Second Coming. The closing Somebody's Always Getting In The Way is a slice of blissful indie psychedeila, with a gently unwinding guitar refrain it sounds like a dawn filled with glistening white light. The vocals blend in a series of harmonies and reverb drifting upwards and away. These Yorkshire lads seem to grow more ambitious and better with each release.
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