ABOUT THIS ITEM

Captured by legendary Liverpool producer Ronnie Stone, 'Don't Need This' is a beautifully crafted song comprising raking, shimmering guitars, ice-cool licks, nonchalantly assured, cascading bass-lines, laid back somersaulting grooves and the sweet, soaring melodies of front man Simon Monaghan. Monaghan sings his heart out here (’what goes on in here?’, ‘look at the sly boy‘, ‘look at the shy girl‘), with unflinching feeling and belief, on a subject matter close to home … in his own words; “This song is about the pretension and conformity of the murky underbelly of the Manchester club scene and the social whores who frequent it”. There’s evidence aplenty of the band’s respect and admiration for the work of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd and perhaps more than a passing nod to the classic harmonies of Brit-pop heroes such as Mansun and The Charlatans.