Single review: Lupen Crook – Dorothy Deserves (Howie B Alternative Version)
‘Dorothy Deserves’ is the latest track from Lupen Crook to be lifted from their critically acclaimed album ‘The Pros And Cons Of Eating Out’. Apparently a special ‘Howie B alternative version’, I listened to both this and the album version and to be honest I couldn’t tell the difference. So having too much time on my hands I cued both versions up togehter and listened to them at the same time and I still couldn’t tell the difference! If it were me I think I’d be asking Mr B for my money back. Nonetheless ‘Dorothy Deserves’, which tells the tale of a sexually charged woman capable of inciting obsession in those who cross her path, is a great raggle taggle punk folk song full of musical twists and turns. It’s backed by three previously unreleased tracks the first of which is ‘Statement of Dyscontent,’ a 15 second (!) anti-establishment rant that’s been sped up to the point you can’t make out what he’s saying. ‘Kid On Fire’ is fairly pedestrian guitar pop with shades of Madness in their twilight years, while ‘Teddy Fucker’ with its repetive basslines and dark and obscure lyrics (‘doing the donkey’?) is probably my favourite track. As a double A side of ‘Dorothy Deserves’ and ‘Teddy Fucker’ it would have scored a good 8/10 but as an EP it’ll have to make do with 7/10!
Mark Cousens
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