Single Reviews

10,000 Things - Titanium
(Fiction)

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Released 04/10/04

There should be more songs about man's inability to control his penis.

Just as with their debut Foodchain EP, it takes a couple of listens to realise the genius of Leeds 5-piece 10,000 Things. On first listen they sound like a sloppy pub-rock band. But come back to this cd a day later, and you realise that they are in fact the very best sloppy pub-rock band on the planet. And that includes the Darkness. Not even Justin Hawkins could pull off the line, "I think I need titanium boxer shorts / I just can't cope with all these dirty thoughts."

10,000 Things don't do anything you won't have heard before. It's bar-room boogie rock, Rolling Stones-style, ACDC-style, but it's honest, it's full of energy, humour and life, and it picks you up and puts a smile on your face.

And sometimes that's more than enough.

Tom Pegg - 7/10

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