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Beady Eye - BE

Review by Dan Lucas

In the game of rock-paper-scissors, rock blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper smothers rock. In this allegory though it doesn’t really matter which of the three represents super producer Dave Sitek, as rock paper and scissors are all drowned by the tidal wave of warm, brown, gushing shit that is Beady Eye.»

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The second Beady Eye album was recorded in London with super-producer Dave Sitek. 'BE' is retro as hell, but Sitek treats that (essential) aspect of the band's identity with a wink, and in doing so, makes it feel oddly contemporary. Standout cuts are 'Flick of the Finger' which is like a fuzzy velvets with blaring trumpets, 'Iz Rite' comes across like the Beatles on ecstasy and 'I'm just saying' is super catchy but with that Sitek zing.
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