Music Review

Supergrass (2012)

EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: Supergrass

Ultimate Brit-pop charmers Supergrass craft gemlike rock out of rec-room materials — bass, drum, guitar, keyboards, and Gaz Coombes' thin, sexy voice. On the self-titled Supergrass, the trio rejects the loutishness and retrophilia of its colleagues; they're cheerier and more idiosyncratic, whether romping through old-school disco or grounding heavenly British Invasion-style pop with cool R&B keyboards. The single, a wink at Ziggy-era Bowie, asks if we hear them ''Pumping on Your Stereo'' — as if we could miss anything so brash, glittery, and deliriously tuneful. A

Originally posted Apr 14, 2000 Published in issue #535 Apr 14, 2000 Order article reprints
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