The Cribs have spoken of their lasting admiration for indie legends Orange Juice.
The Cribs may now be a mainstream success story, but the Wakefield group have not forgotten their roots. Steeped in indie culture, the band have even invited Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to hop on board.
Now the band have spoken of their admiration for Orange Juice. The Glasgow indie legends were recently given the box set treatment, with Domino releasing ‘Coals To Newcastle’ last week.
A superb summation of the group’s career, the box set prompted a tribute from The Cribs frontman Gary Jarman. Speaking to ClashMusic, he reveals the debt the Wakefield group owe their indie forebears.
“Rising to prominence in a period that will forever be somewhat cloudily described as post-punk, Orange Juice stand out a mile when compared to their bookish, rigid and po-faced contemporaries because they had a HEART and they let it rule their head” he said.
“They were romantics through and through in a time when it was more fashionable to be clinical and detached. “Lovesick”, “Consolation Prize”, “Simply Thrilled Honey” all stand out with perfect, damaged sentiments that you would usually expect to be bludgeoned to death by punks. It’s there in the playing too – the drawn out guitar slides in “Three Cheers For Our Side” are the most longing and expressive licks you could imagine.”
Later working with Orange Juice singer Edwyn Collins, the two groups are intertwined. Reflecting on his own career, Gary Jarman add: “All these people that spend their entire lives honing the craft of musicianship are missing the point.”
“There is just something about the sincerity of people in that first flush of creativity, that improvisation and the liberty of not being constricted by bullshit traditional music rules that just slays anything that you could ever fucking learn.”
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