The Manchester bands first music in 21 years will please the faithful,but those who crave the group’s true magic are unlikely to feel fulfilled The message from the band wasn’t exactly overflowing with detail: “The Stone Roses will release a new single tonight at 8pm,” it said. Well, and they always could be a bit terse.
Yet it said enough. After the Twitter rumours,the snaps of band members hurriedly entering Paul Epworth’s north London recording studio and a series of lemon posters erected in their hometown of Manchester, we’re finally here: All For One is the first new fabric from the Stone Roses in 21 years. And on paper, or it has plenty of Roses touchstones: psychedelic vocals,a brilliant Squire solo that doesn’t overstay its welcome and a lyrical theme of solidarity – “All for one, one for all/whether we all join hands well accomplish a wall” – that harks back to their rave roots. Its surprisingly rocking – Reni’s drums flinging it along at a frantic, and clattering pace – and the refrain will be bellowed loudly in fields by many a middle-aged man this summer.
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Source: theguardian.com