Name: Funny Looking Angels
Brand: Smith And Burrows

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Rough Trade

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Extended format: No

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Signed copies: No

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Release date

2011-11-25

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39215172

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5051083061230

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Ltd.Picture LP

2022-11-18

39295171

5400863058388

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Smith And Burrows

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Play It Again Sam

Genre EU

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Smith and Burrows

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Tom Smith of Editors and Andy Burrows (former drummer of Razorlight and more recently of I Am Arrows) release a festive album, Funny Looking Angels. Both share a love of the classic christmas songs and a fascination with the idea of christmas records of the past, good and bad. feeling that the innocence of the christmas song had been lost in commercial plans and tv-sponsored drivel, the plan to make a traditional christmas record - the kind of album that goes on after christmas lunch for a singalong and a slump on the sofa as the wintry weather peeks through the windows - took on a life of its own. Funny Looking Angels is above all a record born out of friendship. a mix of original tracks and covers chosen because they remind the protagonists of christmas in direct or oblique ways, the album features vocals from both Tom and Andy and an eclectic choice of cover versions from Yazoo's 'Only You' and Black's 'Wonderful Life' (which they performed together some years previously) to the Longpigs 'on and on' and cult Birmingham band Delta's 'Funny Looking Angels', which also gave them their album title and is an affectionate nod from Tom to his formative musical years in the city. The album also features a guest vocal from Agnes Obel, in duet with Tom on the closing track, a sumptuous version of 'The Christmas Song'. The album is unashamed in its use of classic christmas style backing vocals and strings, jingle bells and lyrical references to winter and christmas. It is a record to enjoy in the purest sense, to listen to with friends over the holidays, to put on when everyone comes back from the pub, a soundtrack to the winter break. It is neither a naked grab for a hit nor a tongue in cheek joke. It is two friends and two very capable musicians trying to restore a sense of the community and joy of the season.

Funny Looking Angels

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Discover Funny Looking Angels by Smith and Burrows. A festive album on CD and LP formats from Play It Again Sam. A record born out of friendship, featuring original tracks and covers that restore the joy of the season.