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The Orielles “I Only Bought It for the Bottle”

The first time I featured The Orielles on this site was last year, when they were a tuneful but rather scrappy garage band. They’ve evolved a bit since then – a little glossier, a bit sassier in a very British sort of way, and a lot more focused on rhythm and bass. I’m into the way Andrew Weatherall has remixed them into quasi-DFA punk-funk territory in his versions of their song “Sugar Tastes Like Salt,” but I’m even more fond of the winding melodies in their more recent single “I Only Bought It for the Bottle.” The groove feels off-kilter from the start, and the lead guitar parts spiral around the beat as if they’re trying to induce vertigo. The lyrics are sharp too, implicating themselves in a consumerist obsession with style over substance, but without getting overly righteous about it.

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