![]() ![]() ![]() Without her at the helm, the songs would be top-notch punk-pop with her they shine like stars. Sometimes she plays the wise older sister, sometimes the femme fatale, but she's always compelling. ![]() The rhythm section is tight and full of snap, the guitars are loud and loose, the occasional keyboards never intrude, and Kate Jackson delivers the lyrics like an actress inhabiting a role. ![]() Like those bands at their best, the Long Blondes transport the listener to a world all their own, crashing through the songs like they were on a happily inebriated night out, soon to arrive home with smeared makeup and stray flakes of glitter in hard-to-reach places. Their mix of unschooled enthusiasm, pop culture voraciousness, and eye for a glittering hook give them a leg up on their sometimes dowdy contemporaries, and affix them securely on the continuum that scratches from Roxy Music to Blondie to Pulp. With the help of Pulp's Steve Mackey on production duties, the band hammer out a dozen memorable songs (mostly written by guitarist Dorian Cox), punctuated by some all-time classics. Following a series of exciting singles that served notice that the Long Blondes were on the cusp of brilliance thanks to their energetic marriage of post-punk energy, new wave hooks, and junk shop glamour, the group delivered the goods like Santa on Christmas. Someone to Drive You Home is a perfect debut album. ![]()
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