DAVID BRENT & FORGONE CONCLUSION – SINGLE REVIEW
David Brent & Forgone Conclusion - Lady Gypsy |
David Brent & Forgone Conclusion – Lady Gypsy
Release Date: Out Now
Comedy and music should go together so well and sometimes
they do (Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Matt Berry) but so often it’s cringe
worthy and awful. So, when this first single from the ultimate cringe master
general David Brent arrived in my inbox I was excited and dubious all at once.
Thankfully, ‘Lady Gypsy’ walks that fine line between comedy and music
brilliantly as Brent (Gervais, of course) channels David Essex trying to
perform a Mumford & Sons song about dogging with a gypsy near Didcot.
Gentle acoustic note ripple while a soggy gypsy lady emerges from the water to
bed Brent atop some expensive heather. A melodious exchange between Brent and
the gypsy lady about the clarity of their bargain (“yes the sex is free, the
heather’s a pound”) is perfectly pitched and the work of ex-Razorlight man Andy
Burrows can be heard in the background as some excellent songwriting and
tunesmithery is in evidence (although Gervais must surely take some credit here
too). A film follows in August as well as some live dates but not too many,
that’s the key – keep them wanting more.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/DavidBrentMovie/?fref=ts
Live Dates:
8th September – Hammersmith Apollo, London
9th September – Hammersmith Apollo, London
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