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np: "st. petersburg" - supergrass

There aren't very many bands that exploded during the mid-nineties Britpop craze that are still around making albums, let alone making great albums. Blur is probably the first that comes to mind, but beyond that there aren't many choices. Pulp? Too missing. Oasis? Too spotty. Manic Street Preachers? Maybe. Supergrass, however, have managed to survive the decade just fine - cranking out solid albums like 1997's In It For The Money and 2002's Life On Other Planets. They were probably the least likely band of the bunch to progress as they have, seeing as how they were just snotty little punks when they burst onto the scene with "Caught By The Fuzz". But as Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day knows quite well, even the snottiest of punks has to grow up sometimes. Unfortunately most punks don't have the talent to write wonderful pop songs like "Sun Hits The Sky" and "Alright" (most Americans know the band from this song's inclusion on the Clueless soundtrack).
"St. Petersburg" is the first single from Supergrass' latest album, Road To Rouen. The album was just released in the UK, but unfortunately those of us in the States have to wait awhile before it hits our shelves. In the meantime, click on the link above and listen for yourself. Better yet, run out and pick yourself up a copy of Supergrass is 10: 1994-2004 and find out why this is one of the best singles bands of the past decade.