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Ambulance Ltd. vs. The Flaming Lips

I’ve been on a bit of an Ambulance Ltd. kick lately. They’re not exactly a heavyweight band, but they still fall in my Guilty Pleasure Zone. I called them mindiegaze for the mainstream-indie-rock sensibilities that colour each of their songs. Take…

I’ve been on a bit of an Ambulance Ltd. kick lately. They’re
not exactly a heavyweight band, but they still fall in my Guilty
Pleasure Zone. I called them mindiegaze for the mainstream-indie-rock
sensibilities that colour each of their songs.

 

Take for example, the first track on their LP… a song called ‘Heavy
Lifting’. Its remarkable similarity to the second-most mainstream
indie-band in the world (The Flaming Lips) ‘s most mainstream
song (‘Do You Realise??’) is unmistakable.