Grand National are a pair of British blokes called Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence Rudd, who used to be in a Police/Queen covers band and whose 2004 debut album, 'Kicking The National Habit', was a sly burst of choppy, dubby, reggae/ska-flecked pop that really deserved to be noticed a bit more than it did (hardly at all). Dig it up and have a go on 'Playing In The Distance' and the ace, Police-like 'Daylight Goes'.
They've just released a B-sides and rarities album and while Sasha's monolithic rework of 'Talk Amongst Yourselves' has been around on his terrific 'Involver' mix album for a while now, it's nice to finally get an isolated version of it - the chugging, mournful original thrillingly reworked around a rumbling great black hole of thrumming bass and glacial angst ("And there's nothing to say 'cos I won't go through it/And there's nothing to do 'till I put myself up to it...")
It's so loose and vague, it could be 'about' pretty much anything - self-doubt, self-destruction, something aching and unrequited...
Take what you will. I just hope they're named after the Blackpool rollercoaster rather than the horse-race.
[MP3] Grand National - Talk Amongst Yourselves (Sasha Remix)
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