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Luxembourg vs Great Britain

from Front by luxembourg

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David Shah - Vocals
Alex Potterill - Keyboards/Vocals
Rob Britton - Guitars/Vocals
Jon Bacon - Bass
Steve Brummell - Drums

lyrics

this is a better, but a slightly smaller place to be
your seaside shoreline slipping slowly into the sea
your demographic is a little top-heavy
when you’re old we’ll let you starve
if you don’t let us be here
you’ve been thriving on drivel and insinuation
now it’s time to shut your mouth and take a little dictation
you’d better hope your shorthand is up to speed
we’re giving you your third degree

SEX!
DRINK!
CONSOLATIONS!
i’ve given them all up to be with you
LOVE!
HOPE!
REMUNERATION!
i’ve given them all up for you

you think you’re very special but you’re all the same
a pathetic apathetic pissing life away
while slaving all these hours to pay for finery
and for fresh air, bottled water and binary
but it’s not about the money
it’s the hegemony that depresses the hell out of me

we’ve been very patient
we’ve been patronised
something tells me that this stage is behind us
we’re standing right here, do you think you can find us?
we’ve made your life easy
we’ve stayed by your side
something tells me that the moment’s upon us
we’re screaming in your face and you still can’t hear us

a little translation is a dangerous thing
tell the underdog it’s threatened and it fights to win
while lapping up piety and indignation
now it’s time to drop the act and tell me your frustrations
the slightest confrontation’s undesirable
keep consequences at arm’s length to keep them palatable
but i’m here to bring those consequences home to you
come on, tell me that you want me to

i’ve given up
everything for you
so don’t say you don’t want me now
i’ve given up
everything for you
so don’t say you don’t want me
i’ll just stay here till you do

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from Front, released October 23, 2006
Luxembourg vs Great Britain reviews

"Luxembourg should no longer be hidden in brown paper bags, guilty pleasures of the devoted and converted..."
Joyzine

"Deserving a bigger audience..."
High Voltage (CD single)

"A late, but most welcome, candidate for Single of the Year..."
Sounds-XP (CD single)

"Fancy footwork across the laminate flooring..."
Kitten Painting (CD single)

"Gorgeous gear as per..."
Vanity Project

"A cult classic hovering in the sidelines..."
High Voltage (download release)

"Luxembourg are keeping the pressure piled firmly on pop’s young pretenders with another slice of genuine quality..."
Trakmarx

"Unless they're eating the pets of every label A&R; in Britain, how do they remain unsigned?"
Planet Sound

"Arch, arching, arcing and sharp-elbowed..."
Vanguard Online

"Tuneful, bombastic, complex, warbling sing along-tastic..."
Tasty

"Un anthem ai confini dell'epico per le generazioni a venire..."
Indiepop

"Slinky, sensuous, sublime. And simply super..."
CMU

"This has winner written all over it in permanent marker..."
Sounds-XP (download release)

"This is an anti-anthem, a classic pop moment of sublime release..."
Kitten Painting (download release)

"A majestically pirouetting pop opera of feel good vibes that swaggers and swerves aloofly..."
Losing Today

"Dives and swoops like a bird above a synth indie rock seacoast..."
God Is In The TV

"A reminder of the days when music was the listener's entire world..."
You're So Old Street

"It's a love-em or hate-em situation, but we're siding with the underdogs..."
The Stereo Effect

"Luxembourg are a well overdue breath of fresh air..."
Rock Midgets

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Luxembourg are a British five-piece indie band, formed in London in 2001. Most often compared to artists like Pulp, The Smiths, Suede and Roxy Music, they have been described as "pop noir".

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