Yes, Cornershop had "Brimful of Asha". Get over it. If anything, get into the lyrics of that song, go beyond the "bosom for a pillow" thing, and check out all that greatness they namecheck: Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi... Because that is the place Cornershop went to on this album, not least thanks to Bubbley Kaur, who could easily have been an apprentice of one of those Bollywood legends, but who apparently had never recorded anything before. She was, in fact, raised in Lancashire, and recommended to the band by a London cab driver! On this album she does all the vocals, letting our friend Tjinder Singh remain songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist. And the songs here are exceptionally good! Combining a love for Indian, particularly Punjabi, music and a whole lot of other rhythms, they manage to show respect to the traditionalist movement (at least a little bit) while keeping it interesting for... just about everybody with a passion for good songs! If I get some Handsome Boy Modeling School vibes along the way, that's not negative at all. Pure genius - will be played to death!
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