Bears for Lunch

“Yet for all the reminders of the past, there persisted a subtle disconnect between the old fans, there to cash a cheque written against their teens and twenties, and the band on stage. In the hands of the recently reunited, each song was an anthem to a time since passed. Even originally poignant tracks like ‘Queen of Cans and Jars’ or ‘Don’t Stop Now’ were transformed into rousing sing-alongs. Not that it mattered. The performance remained recognizable enough to allow fans to reinhabit old memories for the night, despite their sentimentality going unrequited.”

I wrote a review of Bears for Lunch for the Quietus.  My favorite part was the way the editorial process made my writing more British.