Paul Draper – No Ideas (Kscope)
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| Paul Draper - No Ideas |
Release Date: Out Now
Paul Draper has always been a bit
of a hero of mine ever since I went to see his band of outcasts, Mansun, on
tour as my first gig. I’d won tickets from my local record store when I
purchased a copy of ‘Stripper Vicar’ and that gig turned me on to the world of
indie music and suddenly the 90s opened up for me. Now, Draper is forging a
highly respected career as a solo artist and sought after producer which is
hugely reassuring – too many Britpop musicians ended up as bar managers, radio sidekicks
and marketing executives. ‘No Ideas’, then, is a typically macabre piece of
indie which opens with the gloriously bleakly post-modern lyric of “I did a
google search for what comes up when I type in that I’ve got no ideas”. As the
heart-broken, late night piano rumbles along with all the energy of an old
drunk falling asleep on the keys, the song is suddenly injected with some
energy and a certain indie swagger. Draper is a master of crafting a complex notion
but packaging it up in a neat and accessible indie-pop package with some lovely
Richard Hawley guitars and some good, old fashioned 90s squelchy keys. In years
to come I think Paul Draper will be cited as a much more important contributor
to modern music than he currently gets credit for but then the great artists
are rarely appreciated in their time, are they?
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Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVwWGBQ_Z3U&feature=youtu.be