Name: Twentieth Century
Brand: Swansea Sound

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

&nbsp;LP-SKEP-016

Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5055869550017

Total Cap

Black LP

CD-SKEP-016

5055869550024

Artist

Swansea Sound

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

SKEPWAX

New indie band, with Hue and Amelia from the Pooh Sticks, plus Rob, Bob and Ian from other places (formed in Kent and Swansea).&nbsp;

Hue and Amelia sing. Rob plays guitar and bass. Ian plays the drums. Bob or Robert play guitar.

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On their second album, Swansea Sound present a set of songs as infectious as anything from their previous incarnations. The raw energy of Hue’s old band The Pooh Sticks is still there; the indiepop sugar rush of Amelia’s Heavenly is as sweet as ever. But these songs are laced with venom and sardonic wit. Their debut single ‘Corporate Indie Band’ was a sly tribute to a music scene that had lost all its authenticity, with bands in hock to social media managers: corporate puppets play-acting at independence. Here, they take it further with a look at the heroes of their youth – the fabled eras of rock, punk, post-punk – and considering whether the prophets that emerged from those scenes were any use whatsoever. In ‘Paradise’, the electric synth-bleeps conjure up the 1980s with all its optimism about a digital nirvana: one that turned out to consist of Cambridge Analytica, OnlyFans, Spotify, incel-populated chatrooms... The title track plays out the egotism of a punk rocker in combat gear, armed with a major label deal, singing about revolution. But ‘Far Far Away’ is a pretty straightforward love song to Pete Shelley. Other tracks address the Twenty First Century: ‘Markin’ It Down’ is a duet between Hue, a vinyl obsessive, and Amelia, the owner of a second-hand record shop, with him searching for bargains amidst the over-supply of Yard Act albums... ‘Click It And Pay’ is a duet between a harassed home-worker doing some online shopping and the woman in the fulfilment warehouse who’s under pressure to pack his requisites. All these songs are indiepop, if you insist. They are full of earworms and will make you want to dance. But they're also full of funny, complex, mordant ideas - and maybe that’s why you’ll want to hear them many more times.

Twentieth Century

Music US

Discover Twentieth Century by Swansea Sound. Infectious indiepop songs laced with venom and wit. A tribute to the heroes of rock, punk, and post-punk eras. Available in various formats.