- Audio CD (5 Nov 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Snowstorm
- ASIN: B00005R0FC
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 130,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Format:Audio CD
A mere year after the last album, Chris T-T returns with 'The 253', featuring Evening Session favorites 'Ownership' and 'Drink Beer'. 'The 253', named after a bus route, stays faithful to Chris' usual style in that it alternates between comedy ('Build A Bridge, Burn A Bridge' is about Tony Robinson and Time Team finding the holy grail) and matters of the heart ('What If My Heart Never Heals?').
If there's one downpoint to this album it's that some songs just don't stick in the memory, and there seems little point in the two instrumentals. On the upside, in terms of sound the quality in general has improved on this album, and the increased number of backing vocals adds a new depth to already stunning songwriting.
Chris T-T, then, is back with a bang and this CD is well worth buying.
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introducing a unique English voice
7 Aug 2003
Format:Audio CD
Chris T-T is a London-based (and London-obsessive) songwriter who has released 3 low budget albums in the UK, on small indie label Snowstorm. 'The 253' came out here late 2001 and was critically acclaimed by British press. The Sunday Times made it Top 5 Record Of The Year and Time Out London made it a Critics' Choice for 6 consecutive weeks. Q Magazine said T-T has "a knack for making the mundane seem joyous - the ramshackle charm of Badly Drawn Boy with the observational wit of Jarvis Cocker" and NME said of his full-band live show: "a wry smile, a white knuckle ride. Chris T-T mixes a damned compulsive rock cocktail."
Chris T-T sounds like Robyn Hitchcock or Billy Bragg fronting Television or Sebadoh, except with added folk bits. He blends English storytelling (and oddball subject matter - check out the song about an injured hedgehog's religious epiphany) with passionate American rock'n'roll dynamics. He's fiercely political, often willfully silly (the album includes a tribute to beer) and conjures vivid images.
It's worth looking out for T-T. Although he's never visited the US, he's planning two trips in the next 9 months, visiting both coasts. There will also be a further album release - we're about to hear his 4th, called 'London Is Sinking', on this side of the Atlantic, which means you should get it in dollars before the end of 2003.
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