'Lane - That Is All

As a starter for ten, being new to all this, I thought we’d start with a home banker, and there's no better place for that than Electrelane. They are mighty. Oh yes.

I could go on and on why the 'Lane are right up there in my eyes, but regurgitation is never a pretty thing, so lets rest easy with a few simple acknowledgements for their selfless interest in the music over the ego (BAF!), for their ascent from raw and respectable beginnings to their current mastery and post-everything kraut-rocking power (SMOOSH!), and their command of the live performance which has grown like one of them there experiments you did with a bean, some sand, some paper, a jar and a little bit of water, when you were at school = gloriously (FWANG!).

From a fair battery of songs, I've picked Gone Under Sea, from The Power Out album, and their cover of I'm On Fire, from the On Parade single, both of which were released on Too Pure.

The latter is a live favourite from their earlier days demonstrating their ability to subvert and confidently re-imagine, and Gone Under Sea is a slightly arbitrary pick, following a timely reminder of it's extreme quality, received when it soundtracked a day of sailing the high seas with Ruffbingo over the May bank holiday weekend. Both feature the staple 'Lane diet of Verity Susman's selfless vocals and controlling influence, Mia Clarke's reconstucted guitar and Emma Gaze's neu!-matic drumming – all of which whilst constant, is never repetitive. Click here to buy both from the Too Pure Shop.

They play live this month at one of the ATPs, and the Kilburn Luminaire on the 24th and 25th, for which you can get tickets from here, and you can hear more tracks on their Myspace.

In closing then: Electrelane = Get right on it:

Electrelane - Gone Under Sea

Electrelane - I’m On Fire