Everyone has a band that they grew up with. My childhood was dominated by corporate fuck puppets (bit crass, but ultimately true) like S Club 7.
And now, as I enter my late-ish teens I no longer have an iTunes dominated by shit music. The Indelicates. I love them and they are awesome. End of story. Many people have written terribly complimentary things about them – at least I think they have - much more eloquently than I ever could so I won’t do that. But the point of view of a teenager is somewhat unique, maybe?
It is difficult being a teenager. Not like being the Prime Minister is taxing - Afghanistan is a bit of a tricky situation. But it does make it easier to have wonderful music which speaks to you accompany your teenage years. This is what their music is and that is why I love gigs so much.
I don’t care much for selling merch but hearing the music I love live is a feeling like no other – if they made it in drug form I would be hooked for life. In ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’ By Stephen Chbosky, the main character talks about listening to the music he loves and says ‘I feel infinite’. And that’s it. That’s why I love their music. And I want to share that with people. Not make money. Who the fuck cares? What kind of impact can I make simply by making money? No. I want to give people the opportunity to feel as happy and as I do. That’s it.
Music should say something. Some people are in love with The Indelicates’ music – fair enough. Some people hate it and have voiced this via the internet on numerous occasions. Yet the only reason this happens is because it’s not meaningless music. You can not get all het up and angry about the opinions in a Saturday’s song. There aren’t any. It is better to have some people fall in love with your music and for others to find it abhorrent than for it to induce a shrugging of shoulders and a half-mutter of ‘It’s alright I guess’. Music should make people think. It should use long words god damn it.
And now I am going to be terribly nice about Julia and Simon Indelicate. Such talented people should be more imposing, not striding into rooms commanding people to kiss their rings, but slightly more arrogant than they are. There is a distinction between being talented and actually achieving something with that talent. I don’t particularly respect talented people. You do not earn talent, you have it. Creating wonderful music is so much more than just waking up one day and being rather good at the guitar. That is what I respect and admire – making something that makes others want to make an impact rather than just being famous or whatever gets you lots of money.
So yeah. Right. I don’t get people being mean about Simon. No-one who met him would go away and start slagging him off, surely? That’s not on. Don’t start bad-mouthing either Julia or Simon and any of their Indelicates. Or I’ll shank you, yeah? Good. That’s all sorted.
Finally wrote that. Never has anything I have written been so full of effusive praise. Never will be.
Lydia
Here is the video for America... I found out how to embed and the power has gone to my head. I've gone video mad!
It's great, I know you'll love it.
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