Edwyn Collins: “A Girl Like You” (Setanta)

“This old town’s changed so much/Don’t feel like I belong/Too many protest singers/Not enough protest songs/And now you’ve come along” sings Edwyn defiantly. From the Gorgeous George Elpee, ‘A Girl Like You’ is classic Tamla Motown soldered to a rumbling r’n’b melody and a high-tech treated guitar, all of which reiterates Edwyn Collins belief that those who talk of a revolution without any reference to love have corpses in their mouths. Short, sharp, intelligent, utterly contemporary and perfectly brilliant. Yes!