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New Music: The Long Blondes: "Here Comes the Serious Bit" [MP3/Stream]
Don't waste your time waiting for the serious bit on this, the lead track from the Long Blondes' upcoming album Couples; the Sheffield quintet is in upbeat pop pleasure mode, as the hooky verses keep building to an explosive shout-along chorus and the lyrics warn against getting in too deep. "I could be a shoulder to cry on/ I could be a body to lie on/ But don't ask me for more than that," goes one refrain. Fair enough.
MP3:> The Long Blondes: "Here Comes The Serious Bit"
[from Couples; due 04/07/08 in the UK and 05/06/08 in the U.S. from Rough Trade]