Friday, November 6, 2020

Day 0796 - I Should Coco

 Supergrass "I Should Coco" (1995)


The band, originally called Theodore Supergrass was formed by singer/guitarist Gaz Coombes and bassist Mickey Quinn.   They recorded "I Should Coco" at Sawmills recording studio, an old mill in Cornwall.

The band were young (late teens/early 20s) and ready to have fun.   They were trying different things with the upbeat and fun "Alright" or the rocking-yet-melodic opener "I'd like to know" which itself was created by playing their song "the Strange Ones" backwards on cassette and writing a new song around that sound.

The album is bursting with youthful energy and little cheekiness and actually led to Steven Spielberg approaching the band about making a Monkees-style tv show; they declined.

I prefer their second album "In it for the Money" but this a fun and varied record.

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