Album review: The Fades – Muvva I’m A Drunk
The Fades, formed in Richmond by brothers James and David Lightfoot, started life as Petrol Bomb and changed to the Fades when, in 2002, they were joined by guitarist Jonny Barnard. Since then they’ve released several singles an EP and a self-titled album, toured Italy and Germany, supported Art Brut and been playlisted by Steve Lamacq, Zane Lowe and XFM to name but a few. Over the years these punk rockers have gained quite a following, especially in Italy and Germany, and it’s by the fan’s request that The Fades returned to the studio for the first time in nearly 3 years to record ‘Muvva I’m A Drunk’.
The Fades wanted to produce an album that captured the energy and punk spirit of their incendiary live shows, so it was decided that rather than go through the usual studio process of liny down tracks and knob twiddling they would record the album live in the studio in front of a small gathering. The result is 10 adrenalin pumped live favourites from the band’s back catalogue, including classic singles ‘You Say’ and ‘Social Misfit’ (it don’t take much to get me down/I gotta be realistic/I walk around with my head in the clouds/I’m a social misfit) as well as brilliant new track ‘Free Camera’ which sees singer David reduced to spitting fuck off/fuck you into the microphone. The prize for the best song on the album though goes to the hilariously rowdy cover of ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’. Brilliant. 4/5
Mark Cousens
Out 27th September on Cranky Girl Records
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