Coventry's indie
popsters return with a feast of obscure '60s covers.
Wait around long enough
and it seems every band eventually reforms. The allure of the stage
and public adoration is just too much to resist. Whether it's The
Stone Roses or The Beach Boys, Cast, The Verve, Pulp, Blur or Dodgy,
it seems they just can't help get back back together for one more
bite of the cherry. I'm not knocking this at all, in fact I'm quite
looking forward to seeing The Stone Roses at Heaton Park. What does
gall me though is their tendency and desperation with any new
material to attempt to prove what geniuses they were all the time,
and to hint at our foolishness in not noticing it. Refreshing then
that indie guitar band The Primitives have instead chosen to release
an album of obscure '60s pop tunes. There's a dignity and sense of
realism in this that I like. The resulting album is something of a
triumph made all the more so as taste gets the better of ego. Much
like The Detroit Cobras who only ever release versions of old soul
and R&B tracks, The Primitives have delved into the world of
lesser celebrated '60s beat groups and singers in search of the
material that makes up their comeback LP Echoes And Rhymes.
Click over the jump for more on The Primitives' Echoes And Rhymes.
