hadey's Full Review: Southpaw Grammar by Morrissey
"Southpaw Grammar" is a completely overlooked, totally underrated gem of a minor masterpiece of warm, golden, syrupy, aesthetically soft-fuzzed indie pop-rock, Morrissey doing what he does best, which since "Kill Uncle" sometimes seems to be at odds with the major consensus of Morrissey fans, sadly perhaps. Its artistic references are obscure in nature but not in location, both English rurally-tinged obscurity and nostalgia broadly spanning the 20th Century referentially. It was a surprise to me that Morrissey picked this aesthetic up and went with it at all and in 1995 but I instantly and totally liked and understood it. I am not much of a fan of the "Your Arsenal" and "Beethoven Was Deaf" version of Morrissey, but like everything else, pretty much. Songs illustrate various intriguing, curious little vignettes of funny, peculiar oddities and people dotted across the English landcape themetically akin to and worthy of "Penny Lane" in my opinion for example and musically I think "Southpaw Grammar" is very strong, consistent and laden with superior songwriting styles evident of Morrissey's deft, subtle technique, such as "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils", "Boy Racer", "The Operation" and "Reader Meet Author". Musically, the album comes from a warmly ragged-edged place in the soul. I'm not sure why some dislike it, Morrissey strikes me as being at his incisive and lucid best in it, personally.
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