Retro, Retro, Retro! And you know what – fuck that, i love it! This is retro, it has a terrible record cover (and compare it to the cool 7″ covers of the band) but it has one song that is to be on your mind forever and ever and ever…
The Cyanide Pills are an UK outfit hailing from Leeds and i think they just named themselves “C” as all comparisions would lead to “B”: Beatles, Buzzcocks, The Boys, The Briefs and and and – they are Power Pop Punk at it’s best and as only ever UK bands will be able to put to vinyl. Hardcore is for the US, but this is Beatles country for fucks sake.
The verdict:
1977 – sure thing, actualy 1976!
published by a cool lable – Damaged Goods, a cool indie lable from London!
found in a cool shop – … Internet, damn Internet!
catching sound – power-chords building up, great drumming and great sing-a-long! And clockling in under 2:50 – a perfect song! Believe me!
The lyrics – love, love, love – there is some out there for you too!
The outstanding one sure is “Someone to Love”:
i go to work and in my lonely room i need a woman and i need her soon is she out there the one that was made for me my landlady said i got to get out i got to find out what the worlds about and start dating but damn i'm shy and been trying times it feels like everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me somebody from my window as a way to the land i see the lover walking hand in hand and it kills me to see them kissing'n'sharing a bootle of wine i am rubbish and should be dating gay i expect to stick in the same old mean i'm useless like a member of the lonely hearts it feels like everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me somebody everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me everybody got someone to love and not me no, not me somebody somebody somebody (c) 2010 Cyanide Pills
And now listen up and turn it real loud!
… and just in case you wonder if this is actualy retro, listen to this inspiration:
Note: These are indeed The Vapors that did land a hit with “Turning Japanese” back then in 1980!