Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee broke up at the end of the 1980s, only briefly reuniting for a couple of shows opening for Nirvana, whose leader, Kurt Cobain, was their most famous fan. Flash-forward to 2010 and the duo reunite with a new album and it’s a wonderful collection of skeletal pop songs sung with an ear towards simple hooks and perfectly scripted instrumentation. There are no wasted notes. The vocal interplay is ingenuous. “The Devil’s Inside Me” and “Turning It On” are great male-to-female pieces of sexual tension. The title track is a handclap-fueled ultra-catchy pop song. “Overweight But Over You” is exactly the kind of churning power-pop song that Cobain himself tried to write so many times. “I Hate the ‘80s” gears up with splendid 1960s guitars to mock the decade where the best music was often driven underground and left unheard. “Whitechapel” adds an extra sheen of sophistication right before the garage-rock-cum-country glee of “My God Is Bigger Than Your God.” Exquisite.
Tracklisting
- Ruined
- Sex With An X
- The Devil’s Inside Me
- Such A Fool
- Turning It On
- Overweight But Over You
- Poison Pen
- I Hate The 80’s
- Mouth To Mouth
- Whitechapel
- My God’s Bigger Than Your God
- Exit The Vaselines
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| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_with_an_X |
| Format | Vinyl LP Album |
| Label | Sub Pop |
| Catalog Number | SP 889 |
| Notes | Recorded to tape at Analogue Catalogue Studios, Mossley, England. Mixed at Cava Studios, Glasgow. Mastered at Red Block Mastering, Glasgow. ©℗2010 Under exclusive license to Sub Pop. First 200 direct pre-orders from Sub Pop received this [url=http://www.discogs.com/Vaselines-Whitechapel-Demo-Picked-A-Cherry-Demo/release/2465133]bonus 7"[/url]. Gatefold sleeve. |
| Discogs URL | The Vaselines - Sex With An X |