Welcome to Album Clash! Kev is back this week and so normal service is resumed as we continue our musical road trip by paying a visit to the steel city, Sheffield. Yes, we begin our clash between two bands who weren’t afraid to shine a light on northern working class life and to say “these are our people” - it’s Pulp vs Arctic Monkeys.

First up it’s Jarvis and the gang with their 1995 smash hit ‘Different Class’. And boy, what an album to get into. An album dripping with invective and cynicism, with perversion and revenge, with pop bangers and indie classics galore.

In going through the album we talk about how a serendipitous cycling accident thrust the band into the limelight, how they seized the opportunity with both hands, and how they dealt with unexpectedly being heralded as the standard bearers for a scene that they had no interest in being a part of.

In our latest ‘can’t get you out of my head’ Kev tells us how listening to another (vastly more popular) podcast reminded him of a decidedly regrettable meeting of sport and music.

Also this week:

This. Is. ALBUM CLASH!!!

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