The Fall<\/b>
\nReformation! Post-TLCM<\/i><\/p>\n
review by Jennifer Tittle<\/p>\n
The Fall\u2019s new nearly-annual studio album Reformation! Post-TLC<\/i> (according to Mark E. Smith, the album title is a response to Manchester groups reforming out of financial destitution ) incorporates Smith\u2019s drawling, caustic vocals and innate syllabic sensibility with intense bass (this line-up includes two bass players, new members Rob Barbato of Darker My Love and Dave Spurr of Motherjohn) and disparate keyboard from Elena Poulou. During last year\u2019s American tour, Manchester members Ben Pritchard, Steve Trafford, and Spencer Birtwistle left the Fall (remaining were, of course, Smith and his wife\/keyboardist Poulou), and the current formation was quickly assembled. The album includes \u201cScenario\u201d, in which Smith expresses regret for stealing from his mother for drug money, he uses lyrics from \u201cVeteran\u2018s Day Poppy\u201c, the closing track off of Captain Beefheart\u2019s Trout Mask Replica (it don\u2019t get me high\/it can only make me cry), \u201cInsult Song\u201c, comprised of banter directed at the incoming members, most notably a quip once again referencing Don Van Vliet (\u201cwe thought they wore masks until we asked them to take them off\/they took the trout replica a bit too far\u201d), an awkward rendition of Merle Haggard\u2019s \u201cWhite Line Fever\u201d, with Smith backed by the American members\u2018 harmonizing vocals. Reformation! Post-TLC<\/i> coalesces elements from Fall Heads Roll<\/i> (2005) and The Real New Fall<\/i> LP (2003) and continues the Fall\u2019s consecution of consummated standards.<\/p>\n
Mark E. Smith\u2019s autobiography ‘Renegade: The Gospel According To Mark E Smith’ is set to come out this April, while ‘Perverted By Language: Fiction Inspired By The Fall’, a collection of short stories (contributors include Michel Faber, Niall Griffiths, and Peter Wild), follows on June 28.<\/p>\n
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