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25/07 Romance at Short Notice reviewed in Mojo

Their debut, Waterloo to Anywhere, was an enjoyable energy rush, channeling the blitz of 77 punk. It did the job, although it wasnђt a patch on what frontman Carl Barat had achieved with Pete Doherty in The Libertines. Yet this follow-up is something else, Dirty Pretty Things having made a similar creative leap to that of the Jam from 1977s This is the Modern World to ґ78 follow-up All Mod Cons. The songs are beautifully crafted in that Davies/Weller/Doherty English tradition. Single Tired of England chases the Albion dream while Truth Begins and Chinese Dogs bookend that trademark Libs lyrical/musical spectrum that made them so precious; the former a ballad finding beauty amid poverty and grime, the latter a tumbling-down-the-stairs punk clatter. Perhaps Carl doesnt need his old buddy after all.

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