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*** Marion

THIS WORLD AND BODY

(London)

Unlike others in the current crop of Brit pop, Marion don't easily resign themselves to fate. As Jaime Harding sings in "Sleep": "If you believe all your dreams will come true/Then sleep is all you'll ever do." This driving guitar rock isn't content with the quirkiness of Pulp or Blur, or the optimistic pop of Oasis. In Marion's blaring passion, Harding's voice is constantly straining to break free from the urgent guitars of Phil Cunningham. In the manner of Suede or Radiohead, the songs whip up and sustain emotion for the length of this near-frenzied album. Irony and chic are one thing, but desperation is something else, and This World and Body has plenty of it. "Yeah, oh yeah, I still want to know," Harding sings in "Toys for Boys," truth and satisfaction always a bit beyond his reach.

-- Michael McKenzie


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