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jason-cobb
This was a big deal back in 1996. Steve Lamacq was all over them. Ash were the young kids that could unite indie and pop. They pretty much pulled it off with 1977. What's great about this album is the pure pop: Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, Angel Interceptor - all timeless songs that would work just as well if they recorded by a boy band. Ash add an extra snark and snarl to the tunes. It's a pretty cool package when put together.
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boombox-generation
I remember some of these songs from the time. I avoided Ash then and nothing much has changed. It’s pleasant-enough indie rock, and I get the Dinosaur Jr. / Teenage Fan Club comparisons, but Buzzcocks and Sonic Youth? Although I can hear a smattering of the latter in their flirtation-with-corporate-grunge-rock Goo / Dirty phase, I guess. I am sure they had fun doing this stuff, but it washed over me as nostalgia for a 90s I managed to swerve.
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