Single Review: The Cribs - You're Gonna Lose Us/The Wrong Way to Be (Wichita)

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These three Wakefield brothers have been wowing live audiences up and down the UK for two years now.

The big guns have come on board for this double A-sided pop snarl from the defiantly independent trio.

You're Gonna Lose Us was produced by Bernard Butler of Suede/Tears fame, and his presence doesn't mess with the off-key jangly guitars and bellowed lyrics.

A catchy tune, bursting with naive energy and closer to the sound of a live performance than a calculated studio cut.

Meanwhile, Edwyn Collins took the production reins for The Wrong Way to Be - and the rest of the The New Fellas - and this song is an intricately constructed rant against the "scene" that they so despise.

Singer Ryan sounds like Mark E Smith as he mutters angrily behind the relentless guitar hook and between the excellent drunken sing-along choruses.

Released December 5, 2005.

Mark Horne

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