Champion Kickboxer - Like Him & Her & Her & Me
by Geraint Jones
published: 17 / 10 / 2004
Label:
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation
Format: 7"
intro
"Delirously mad and wonderfully entertaining" latest 7" outing from vinyl-only label the Sheffield Phonographic Corporation, which holds out hope for the allegdly dwindling singles market
Latest outing from the Sheffield Phonographic Corporation who’ve already churned out a couple of fine slabs of wax this year – Chuck’s ‘No, not Ah!’ and The Motherfuckers ‘I’m A Fucker’. If you’re already familiar with those, as indeed you should be, and managed to pick up a copy before they disappeared from the shelves then this debut single by Champion Kickboxer – another weighty pressing, this time on white vinyl, is another one you allegedly dwindling singles buyers out there need to add to your list. But prepare to be surprised as it’s stylistically completely different to either of the labels aforementioned previous output. The A-side, which I kind of like although I am not entirely convinced by, sounds not unlike a worthy though perhaps rather dour early 80s' obscurity. The B side though is deliriously mad and wonderfully entertaining, both musically and lyrically. Manic and irreverent, imagine John Otway fronting The Magic Band and … well perhaps that’s not it either, but you wouldn’t be all that far off from the strange undiscovered planet that this lot must have surely come from. It’s definitely the best B-side I’ve heard for some time – not that you come across too many of those these days – a few more like this however and it ought to be a good while yet before that long touted bell finally tolls for the death of vinyl or the single. The Sheffield Phonographic Corporation – I salute you!
Track Listing:-
1 Like Him & Her & Her & Me2 Supertram
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Perforations (2006) |
Perfect pop music on debut album from Sheffield band Champion Kickboxer, whose sense melody, clever hooks and lyrics have similarities with Blur, Pulp and the Kinks |
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