Sleeper got single of the week with the rude and raucous “Delicious”…
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SINGLE OF THE WEEK
Review by Dave Jennings
SLEEPER
DELICIOUS (Indolent)
ONE of the many truly delicious things about this record is the thought
of the poor innocents who’ll hear it, fall in love with it for its
energy, its upbeat jangly-guitar attack and its sex appeal - and then
realise, a little later, exactly what Louise Wener is singing.
“Delicious” would be a touch subversive even if it were merely what it
appears to be at first - a totally shameless declaration of rampant
lust. After all, Madonna notwithstanding, this degree of sexual
aggression still isn’t something that
nice female stars go in for.
Listen more closely and you discover that the invitation Wener is extending is a lot more sinister than it initially appears - “
We
should both go to bed ‘til we’ve made each other sore.. / We should
both get away and explore our darkest dreams/We should both find a place
where no one can hear our screams.”
As someone once wailed: this is not a love song. It
is a record
that breaks lots of the cosy, airbushed, MTV-friendly pop world’s
unwritten rules, gloriously. In the middle of all the hypocrisy and
dishonesty in the “alternative” music world, we desperately need
talented troublemakers like Sleeper.
DELICIOUS (CD) (May 1994)
