A symphonic indie rock album peppered with interesting electronics and thrashy, fuzzy guitar, it still sounds stunning 20 years later.
'Comb Your Hair' is another one of Martin Carr's most essential compositions, a dizzying helping of sparkling 60s pop perfection not unlike those that Phil Spector used to produce. Melancholia and tiredness find their way into the hooks: "we may never be this young again, half my life has been misspent". Then there are the little clues that in hindsight are scattered throughout the LP... Were they hoping to "get out while we can", and was songwriter Carr longing for an escape from the music industry? I never noticed until last night that the line "the television will not be revolutionised" is an inverted play on the title of Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 classic 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'.
Read a full review and appraisal of 'Kingsize' HERE.