Earth, The Californian Love Dream - 'Porn Star' (Red Alert)
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By: Clara Burtenshaw
With an intro as sleazy, sweaty and full of swagger as PJ Harvey coming off a Glastonbury stage in a bra and skirt the length of a belt, ETCLD's second single 'Porn Star' is ninety seconds of power-punching guitar infection, dowsed in sex, champagne and a seductive smile.
Curiously, the chorus is reminiscent of the Manic Street Preachers, the vocal phrasing and end-of-word inflections evoking comparisons with James Dean Bradfield. B-side 'Black Stuff' is an acoustic b-side with elegant, misfitting chord-changes and Chris
Martin-like vox, but with more depth, vocal flight and flexibility. Tight and burning, Earth may be the star turn for 2005.
Artists in this article: Earth, The Californian Love Dream
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