Quem tem um bigode assim só pode ser bom.
Tenho que fazer mea culpa por ainda não ter falado neles. Os Art Brut. Estes meninos já mereciam ser citados há muito, muito tempo. Ingleses, liderados pelo vocalista Eddie Argos, são das melhores coisinhas que apareceram nos tempos recentes. Além do rock directo, têm uma coisa que admiro bastante. Tanto nos seres humanos em geral, como nas bandas em particular. Não se levam muito a sério, tendo por isso letras que são um tratado à boa disposição. Canções como "Former a Band", que segundo a lenda foi escrita em cinco minutos, mal eles se conheceram. Neste delírio pop, Argos diz que querem escrever uma canção tão universal como o Parabéns a você e tocá-la oito semanas seguidas no Top of the Pops, além de ajudar Israel e Palestina a darem-se bem. Existe a conhecida "Emily Kane" onde fala da ex-namorada ou então "Rusted Guns of Milan", acerca da sua disfunção erectil. Além disso têm "Bang Bang Rock & Roll", "Good Weekend", "Moving to L.A." (versão acustica) ... Enfim, todas.
Tudo isto, pode ser encontrado num dos melhores albuns do ano passado, "Bang Bang Rock & Roll". Os Art Brut têm andado pela estrada a promovê-lo, dando, ao que tenho lido, concertos memoráveis (como podem ver pelas imagens). Pena não passarem por estes lados, visto que as duas fotos aguçam o apetite. (Tiradas do magnifico Brooklyn Vegan)
Para o fim deixo a letra de uma das minhas músicas preferidas. "My little brother". A quem já não aconteceu o mesmo?
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
There's a noise in his head, and he's out of control
And yes it frustrates
Let's let him make his own mistakes
See him on the dance floor go now
Boy those moves I just don't know how
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He's only 22 and he's out of control
How's he living?
With all of that unforgiving
See him on the dance floor go now
Boy those moves I just don't know how
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He's only 22 and he's out of control
He no longer listens to A-sides
He made me a tape of bootlegs and B-sides
And every song on that tape, every single song says
I want our parents to worry about us
All we ever want is our parents to worry about us
It's what anybody really wants
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
Stay off the Crack!
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
There's a noise in his head, and he's out of control
And yes it frustrates
Let's let him make his own mistakes
See him on the dance floor go now
Boy those moves I just don't know how
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He's only 22 and he's out of control
How's he living?
With all of that unforgiving
See him on the dance floor go now
Boy those moves I just don't know how
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
He's only 22 and he's out of control
He no longer listens to A-sides
He made me a tape of bootlegs and B-sides
And every song on that tape, every single song says
I want our parents to worry about us
All we ever want is our parents to worry about us
It's what anybody really wants
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
My little brother just discovered Rock & Roll
Stay off the Crack!