I was 15 when this album came out, and I remember getting no end of grief for buying it. That's the thing with friends at school though; they always listen to the most commercial toss they can get their hands on. So while everyone else was listening to 'What's the Story?', I listened to unusually cool indie that seemed to have got lost somewhere between new romanticism and prog-rock.
This album had everything - sing-along anthems, bizarre lyrics, a contempt for everything PC and a songwriter who seems incapable of writing a bad song. This album went to Number 1 when it came out, and although it was a favourite with geeks, guitar enthusiasts and weirdos, they were all on to something. It's the 10th anniversary of the album this year, and 'Attack...' is still one of my best-travelled CDs.
Indie fans will love this. The singer, Paul Draper, has his own myspace page with several thousand members, me included. If you haven't heard this yet, then you're either an Oasis fan or a Cure fan who lost their way about a decade ago.
Don't despair - you can try it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/51027485/Attack_of_the_Grey_Lantern__UK_.zip.html
Oh yeah, and just so I can finally answer this question, who the hell was Mavis? Paul seemed to be bloody obsessed with her.
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