The Auteurs – NEW WAVE
No element of shock
here. I didn’t even have to consider the competition. The songwriting on New Wave is of such charisma, intensity
and self-belief (almost obscene for a debut record) that you have to wonder how
anyone can not be converted by the time the lush punches of “American Guitars”
kick in.
I’ll keep it short. I’ve
written about this album extensively about a dozen times now and I have no
intention of repeating myself. So let’s just talk about “Don’t Trust The Stars”.
First time I heard
the album I barely even noticed it. New
Wave was the first album where my favourite song changed from month to
month. “Don’t Trust The Stars” was the only one that seemed decently brilliant
rather than indecently so (better
than anything by any Br*tpop band from the period, mind). But once in a very
drab street on a very drab day, with a drab woman sitting at the bus stop
reading horoscopes, the lyrics and the tune overwhelmed me. And the strange order was
restored.
Who cares about your mystic lies?..
