Paul Laird

Of course grunge wasn’t really about pop, it was rock music - without any of the roll.

The Britpop scene was a tidal wave of joy for me at the time and the music continues to bring warm feelings and good memories years later.

wo nobodies in nowhere - the Suede demographic.

og Man Star’ had been a gothic glory, ‘Coming Up’

Come friendly bombs and fall on Kirkcaldy.

I didn’t have to affect an accent and not talk proper, because I already had an accent and didn’t talk proper

it was the moment when indie music and the indie aesthetic burst into the mainstream. From 1991-1994

nasty party’. The destruction of mining communities

asty party’. The destruction of mining communities

It’s a psychedelic, hazy, lazy Sunday afternoon of an album in places. A strident, powerful but delicate and beautiful album. It’s not Herman’s Hermits or the Droning Bones though. What it really is, is the sound of the now, informed by the past, maybe, but it’s also the sound of the future. A rejection of nostalgia, a manifesto for a new generation.