Glasvegas: 'Geraldine'

Released on Monday, Jun 23 2008

Published Friday, Jun 27 2008, 13:36 BST | By Alex Fletcher | 2 comments

Arriving on what can only be described as a tidal wave of hype, Glasvegas finally look like matching the critics' hyperbole with their first top 20 hit. 'Geraldine', a ferocious three-minute onslaught of Jesus And Mary Chain-style feedback, rumbling drums and angelic harmonies, is right up there with the best of '08.

Singer James Allan's Glaswegian brogue is the band's selling point, as he manages to capture bitterness and optimism in the same breath. The track's tale of a social worker who gives up her career to follow a band may be a little unusual, but it would take a cold-hearted soul not to be moved by Allan's final rallying cry: "I'll be the angel on your shoulder,
my name is Geraldine, I'm your social worker." Never has listening to a gloomy Scotsman felt quite so beautiful.

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Dan - Philadelphia, US, on October 19th, 2008
I heard this song while I drove my car last week and kept turning it up. There's a magical harmony that grabbed me from go and felt like something special the instant I heard it. A Gloomy Scotsman Allan might be, but this song is as transcendant for me as it obviously is for him. Authenticity bubbles to the top here.

andrew, cardiff, on June 30th, 2008
AMAZING, best new band this decade, james allan is an excellent writer and is passionate which for me is very important. its a shame they've released it so early because it deserves no.1 status. counting the days till the album comes out