James Arden checks out the garage rockers latest album.
The Christian rock band from Brighton bring religion to the masses.
Recipe for modern R'n'B album: liberal helpings of guest rappers and an overdose of sexual euphemisms.
So why does it work? Their musical versatility means the album skips effortlessly from track to track. Hannon’s superb lyrical ability and extensive vocabulary gives The Duckworth Lewis Method a sardonic cleverness while always remaining aware of the silliness of this project.
‘Jiggery Pokery’ is a Gilbert and Sullivan style ballad of Shane Warne’s debut dismissal of Gatting: captivating, upbeat and uproarious. Even the instrumental ‘Rain Stops Play’ remains evocative of the rather silly sport. Synth-heavy ‘The Coin Toss’ is a cogent example of this album: piano-led, lyric-bursting pop with spoken word interludes. a personal favourite is ‘Meeting Mr Miandad’ which overflows with Beatles influence.
For both cricket fans and cricket cynics, this is a thoroughly enjoyable album. It’s funny, intelligent and never takes parodying too seriously. I should end with a clever pun about bowling a Yorker, but I’m not a big enough cricket fan to knock that one for six.
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