After a few listens to the brilliant new single taken from Ignore The Ignorant, you come to understand the extent of The Cribs’ mature progress, perhaps focused on Marr’s inclusion and their ascendance up rock hierarchy. But, just listen to their lyrics:
“A strange union the other day
It's a dead Russian, the papers say
But it would be nice if they realised
That she thought 'he is mine”
The Jarmans’ writing may focus still on tensions and anxieties in day-to-day dalliances and looking back at ‘You Were Always The One’, or ‘Learning How To Fight’, there always are reflections on restless and deliberated love with naïve rhythmic patterns and regional, gravelly chants. Within We Share The Same Skies, however, there are cleaner moments of vocal harmony and thankfully they drift away from the ‘real’ laziness of, say, “And I know I said I needed some time alone, and I know I never seem to pick up the phone, and though you will see me with someone else, you were always the one.” The Cribs still retain the same youth rebellion and discordant pop melody as they slip past peers The Paddingtons or The Others to find success, and these smoother songs from Ignore The Ignorant allow Marr to thicken their guitar pop and the band remain one of the best pop rock acts out there, departing from grey Northern Wakefield skies to broader horizons. The Cribs clean up, let’s just wait for a Jarman collaboration with butterman John Lydon.
“I have decided it's best that you know
I'm still thinking about
Old ties as north-west skies grow cold”
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