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 | | Verve were the next Great White Hope to follow Suede - but whereas Brett and Co. proved to be smart gameplayers in that rocky road between critical fervouri favour and commercial nous, Verve issued a string of unfocused pieces (songs would be too restrictive a term), which explored instead the possibilities of multi-layered electronic sound. |
 | | The "Gravity Grave" EP trod water, too, the lead track slumped over a mournful pulsel echo, as if the Velvet Underground were interpreting whale noises before drifting into some dream state. |
 | | Verve were officially born that August with a local birthday party pub gig and all the ingredients were there, from Ashcroft's meandering vocal wails to the band's, er, meandering, effects-laden music. |
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