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Last year, following the addition of Peter Momtchiloff (ex-Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research) on lead guitar, the band set forth to write and record songs for their eagerly anticipated third album. \"Brief Lives\" features sixteen outstanding songs across which Griffin spins a world peopled with crazed historical characters, mysterious cabaret performers and arch sophisticates. Lovers meet and part before a backdrop of chromed sports cars and elegant coffee bars, soundtracked by Momtchiloff's brilliantly expressive guitar. The perfectly monikered Orson Presence adds piano, organ, harpsichord, vibraphone and strings, while Jessica's mother contributes violin and mandolin on two tracks. 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Among their many fans are several top artists from California-based indie Matinée Recordings, so the label invited twelve of them to pay respect to the brilliance of The Smiths and mark the 20th anniversary of their first album with this sincere tribute. Borrowing a title from the run-out groove of the \"William, It Was Really Nothing\" single, \"Romantic and Square is Hip and Aware\" provides solid interpretations of Smiths classics by current Matinée artists from England, Australia, Brazil, Sweden and the United States. The contributors include The Pines, with a jangly version of the hit \"Ask\"; Pale Sunday, providing a magnificent bossa-nova\/shoegaze reworking of \"I Know It's Over\"; The Lucksmiths, who approach the mighty \"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out\" as a duet and come out smelling of roses; Slipslide, with an expertly crafted cover of \"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want\"; Pipas, adding a dance beat to the early classic \"This Night Has Opened My Eyes\"; Lovejoy, contributing an admirable cover of \"Girlfriend In A Coma\"; Would-Be-Goods, with an unforgettable version of \"Back To The Old House\"; The Young Tradition, putting their polish on an untraditional version of \"Sheila Take A Bow\"; Simpático, with a convincing rendition of \"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore\"; The Guild League, glam-ing up the already glam hit \"Panic\"; The Liberty Ship, attacking the rollicking \"Sweet and Tender Hooligan\" in fine fashion; and The Snowdrops, with a splendid live recording of \"Bigmouth Strikes Again\". 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The collection features previously unreleased, exclusive recordings from popular Matinée artists The Guild League (Australia), Harper Lee (England), The Hermit Crabs (Scotland), Lovejoy (England), The Lucksmiths (Australia), Math and Physics Club (USA), The Pines (England), Slipslide (England), and Would-Be-Goods (England) plus Matinée debuts from new label signings Bubblegum Lemonade (Scotland), Clay Hips (Germany\/Finland), The Electric Pop Group (Sweden), and Strawberry Whiplash (Scotland). Demonstrating the continuing strength of the label’s roster, this extraordinary collection serves as both an essential new release for devoted followers and a wonderful introduction for label dilettantes. 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