- Label
- Parlophone
- Release date
- 24th March 2008
- Genre
- Rock
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Britpop survivors with an edge reinvent themselves - again
If ever we at Virgin Media decided to make a TV series about the mid-Nineties, perhaps about as a hard-nosed detective pitted against a person from our day who's travelled through time, we'd probably call it Alright - as Supergrass's indie disco anthem of the same name is ingrained in the era. Shame, then, that they'll be remembered for that song over any of their subsequent transformations - taking in heavy rock (Richard III), Who-esque good-times anthems (Pumpin' On Your Stereo), paranoid funk (Mary) and adult introspection (most of the largely neglected last album, Road To Rouen).
Diamond Hoo Ha is more of a glam rock offering from the band - through the hip-shaking single Bad Blood, the pub-band funk of Rebel In You, and the phased organ and guitar washes of Rough Knuckles. Sadly, while we can't help but love these songs as the product of one of Britain's most enduringly charming outfits, they sound a little flat - whereas before, the band members have led each other through the songs, now the fuzzed-up guitars and vocals dominate everything, leading us to consider that maybe Supergrass are one album away from returning to real greatness.
More to try: Supergrass: In It For The Money Pulp: This Is Hardcore
