MP3: Rod Thomas - Good Coat

Handclaps. Good move. Holding the song aloft and and giving the music a shot of adrenaline and it rises up - no hiding behind over driven words or instruments. These aren’t the usual knock-off, digital electro-house handclaps that sound nothing like human hands - this is no robot crowd. This is folk with a flourish, a snap and a pop, a few glances and winks in the general direction of disco. Seriously. Surprisingly. Perfect for the summer festival circuit - but equally suited to busking a dirty street, as much as a muddy and wet field. In fact rain would emphasise the above brightness.

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(now it’s time for something completly different)

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Meanwhile, in the same city…

“Stupid people think it’s cool, smart think it’s a joke (also cool)”

…not just another tune about tunes - “LDN is a victim” (is LDN is a victim) [myspace] is about the west london middle classes - dedicated to the them. I think. If Scroobius Pip’s “thou shalt kill” was the commandments for British music loving youths then these Electro beats are the lost unspoken Gospels. It ain’t hate - he’s just trying to preach, and get his people heard - so says the rapper of the “LDN is a victim”. “There ain’t no beef” he says on the Guardian Podcast. Apparently not a novelty, hyped as the scene’s anthem… still not sure how to take it - satire just isn’t simple, and it’s best that it stays that way. It’ll be out on pink vinyl in April.

Lily Allen pipes up in the comments on the tune; in support I presume…

“So what if w’ere middle class ? Just cause your mum was too lazy to get her fat ass up off the sofa and make some cash . I shouldn’t be able to make tunes yeah ?”

#RINSE YOUR ACCENTS# so they proclaim. The Guardian like it, the scene seem to love it, label folk seem to dig it - I expect Lily Allen enjoys it greatly - what’s not to like? £6.50 on ebay

So Thou Shalt Always Kill or LDN is a victim? If you don’t live in the U.K you may not care.

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