Waking Up The Windsors

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With the exception of Pete Doherty, the English are generally considered to be a proper, buttoned-up folk. Fair or not, that’s the pigeonhole. But, if we’re going to categorize Northern England’s Slydigs, we’ll need to move them closer to Doherty than the Windsors, if only for their shared love of the raw and rambunctious side of Britpop. Put on Electric Love and it’s there in full force: the feral yawp of guitars, the thrashing drums, the low-throttle growl of the bass. It’s music that walks the line between jubilation and hysteria”the same line that bands like Jet, The Strokes and Mooney Suzuki have walked with success in the past. On If You Only Live Once, singer Dean Fairhurst suggests, If you only live once / let’s get on with living against a bopping beat and the scribble of guitars. Our favorite track is The World Waits (For No One)”, a driving melody with a triumphant chorus that tugs at the heart strings. Put it on the stereo on your next road trip and get on with living.