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Funny how things turn out sometimes. Love Travels At Illegal Speeds marks four years since Graham Coxon, Blur’s "difficult", skronk-friendly guitarist was ejected from his band in a cloud of acrimony. Far from disappearing into the wilderness on a spell of albums in the vein of 1998’s lo-fi The Sky Is Too High, however, Coxon has shunned the experimental drift of his ex-bandmates and since followed his muse back towards the rock mainstream, alighting now with a very English rock album that points to touchstones like The Kinks, Billy Childish, and the Magazine. "Standing On My Own Again", in particular, is an instant Coxon classic, a choppy punk anthem that for all its mush-mouthed Cockney delivery, lifts off on a chorus that ties up heartbreak and outcast celebration like few bands since The Buzzcocks. "I Can’t Look At You Skin" and "You Always Let Me Down" mine a similar vein of moody relationship trauma, while "What’s He Got" sees Coxon wallowing enjoyably in his outsider schtick, getting envious over a guy who "wears a pair of black Beatles boots just like me". Want to see where Arctic Monkeys picked up some of their tricks? Coxon’s your man. --Louis Pattison
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'Love Travels At Illegal Speeds' is the fifth solo album byformer Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. A concept album about love, this release contains some of Coxon's most personal songs to date, and is the follow up to his successful 2004 album 'Happiness In Magazines'. Features the single 'Standing OnMy Own Again'.
Funny how things turn out sometimes. Love Travels At Illegal Speeds marks four years since Graham Coxon, Blur’s "difficult", skronk-friendly guitarist was ejected from his band in a cloud of acrimony. Far from disappearing into the wilderness on a spell of albums in the vein of 1998’s lo-fi The Sky Is Too High, however, Coxon has shunned the experimental drift of his ex-bandmates and since followed his muse back towards the rock mainstream, alighting now with a very English rock album that points to touchstones like The Kinks, Billy Childish, and the Magazine. "Standing On My Own Again", in particular, is an instant Coxon classic, a choppy punk anthem that for all its mush-mouthed Cockney delivery, lifts off on a chorus that ties up heartbreak and outcast celebration like few bands since The Buzzcocks. "I Can’t Look At You Skin" and "You Always Let Me Down" mine a similar vein of moody relationship trauma, while "What’s He Got" sees Coxon wallowing enjoyably in his outsider schtick, getting envious over a guy who "wears a pair of black Beatles boots just like me". Want to see where Arctic Monkeys picked up some of their tricks? Coxon’s your man. --Louis Pattison
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'Love Travels At Illegal Speeds' is the fifth solo album byformer Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. A concept album about love, this release contains some of Coxon's most personal songs to date, and is the follow up to his successful 2004 album 'Happiness In Magazines'. Features the single 'Standing OnMy Own Again'.
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