The Maccabees, English indie band. This their second album hits all of my spots. Sure they used to get played back in the day but loosely related to my return to cricket this summer has seen me revisit and rethink just how much of a great album, from head to toe, this is.
1. Love You Better (3.20)
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2. One Hand Holding (3.01)
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“Those killer eyes don’t look
The same, the same, the same as they used to do
Not like the eyes, the eyes, the eyes
That I make at you, I make at you, I make at you”
3. Can You Give It (2.55)
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4. Young Lions (3.00)
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“This bed is not concrete
This bed in which you sleep
Flesh is flesh til blood runs cold
And blood is blood, so I am told”
5. Wall Of Arms (3.04)
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“Through these eyes, there’s no god above me
No devil below me, no purgatory, no pearly gates
The worms are what await me
It’s only me that can forgive me”
6. No Kind Words/Bag Of Bones (3.39)
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“If you’ve got no kind words to say
You should say nothing more at all”
7. Dinosaurs (3.16)
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8. Kiss And Resolve (3.07)
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“Begrudgingly I
I cut your hair
And argument
It followed there
That’s growing old together
Lovers kiss, let’s kiss
Kiss and resolve
So pride aside I
Clear the air
And sweet smells
They followed there
That’s compromise sweetheart
Lovers kiss, let’s kiss
Kiss and resolve
Oh, my love
There’s ritual in the dance, my love
And under day-old sheets
We will dance, my love
So sins confessed, I
Left you there
Went out into the
Midnight air
Taking my bedside manner
Lover’s tryst, on the list
Left to kiss and resolve
Oh, my love
There’s method in this madness, love
And in a moment of toil
Hold me, love
Oh, my love
There’s ritual in the dance, my love
And under day-old sheets
We will dance, my love
Little give, little take
Little something you break
Little salt, little shake
Sweetheart, oh sweetheart
Goodnight, goodnight
Sweetheart, goodnight”
9. William Powers (3.30)
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“And in faith I left you to it
That’s what they sing in the shadows
There’s all this nonsense in the dark
Left you in strong arms
Two strong arms that held you through it
And I blew it
And I blew it”
10. Seventeen Hands (3.46)
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11. Bag Of Bones – Part B (4.41)
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