Toronto – This song was the lead track off Mansun‘s sophomore album – Six. For those who don’t know, Mansun was a rock band out of England that came to prominence during the dark days of post Brit pop. They released their first album, a conceptual space prog rock album named ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern’ to critical acclaim. Their second album, Six, was probably another concept album and was also similarly critically acclaimed (check out this 1999 Pitchfork review). I remember back in the day, when I still bought physical things like compact discs, I was obsessed with finding the UK version of this album vs the US version of the album, because the American version had a shitty album cover and weird song numberings. I think I might have even bought this cd when I visited London because of this. Ohh, the good ole days…
Now I’ll admit, Six isn’t for everyone. It twists, it turns, it’s loud, then it’s quiet, it follows no song structure and really, you don’t really know what it’s really about. That’s what makes it good. Check it out
