Virtue Signals Steven Adams & The French Drops SKU: HUD010LP Barcode: 5056032313873 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Hudson Records Released Date: 4th May 2018 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Anger seldom sounds as enticing as it does on Virtue Signals. Steven Adams’s first with his new group, The French Drops is an album that rails against the iniquities of the world and meshes the personal with the political, without ever smacking the listener around the head. Adams (former songwriter/singer/guitarist with The Broken Family Band and Singing Adams) can’t help but be witty and empathetic even as he rages, and the fury is wrapped inside his characteristically sweet melodies. The album’s tone is set from opening track, “Bad Apples”, a song addressing flag-waving, aggressive patriots. The lyrics are alternately playful and oblique, in the spirit of songwriters like John Lennon or Britt Daniel from Spoon. Where Adams aims to remove ambiguity and play with metaphor, as with “Ex Future”, the opacity of his writing means he doesn’t descend into clich , and the meaning often becomes clearer with each listen. Following a few years of performing and recording solo (see 2014’s House Music and 2016’s Old Magick), Adams says he wanted to put together “a band where everyone was following their noses. I’ve been calling the shots for ages now, and now I can lean on these people, make more noise. It’s fair to say we share a lot of the same thoughts and feelings about the state of the world. But mostly we talk about food.” Laurie Earle (Absentee, Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards, Wet Paint) plays guitar with a loose, intuitive touch; Michael Wood – who had played bass with The Singing Adams – switches to keyboards here, while Daniel Fordham (drums) and David Stewart (bass) from The Drink complete the band. Artist Steven Adams & The French Drops Genre Rock And Pop Label Hudson Records Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Bad Apples Paul Ex Future Last Century’s Man Imprinted Wolves in the Echo Chamber A Joke Free Will Patterns Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Steven Adams & The French Drops and more from Rock And Pop Matt's picks View Product Quick View Steven Adams & The French Drops Keep It Light Rock And Pop | Fika Recordings | 1LP Released 21st August 2020 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steven Adams & The French Drops Keep It Light £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fika Recordings SKU: FIKA082LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Genesis Duke Rock And Pop | UMC/Virgin | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 21st October 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Genesis Duke £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC/Virgin SKU: 6748978 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 21st October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Primus Sailing The Seas Of Cheese Rock And Pop | UMC | 1LP Released 20th May 2013 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Primus Sailing The Seas Of Cheese £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 3733126 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th May 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View PG Roxette Pop-Up Dynamo! 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