God Help The Girl - i just want your jeans, 2009

"It is the influence of 60s girl groups and orchestration that is most pervasive throughout this record. Think of the heavily orchestrated tracks from Dear Catastrophe Waitress (for instance, the flourishes of the title track) to get an idea. This is most apparent on tracks like “Musician, Please Take Heed”, “I’ll Have To Dance With Cassie”, and “I Just Want Your Jeans”. Then there are the vocal performances from Stuart’s so-called “girl group”, in several places an homage to the great girl groups of the 60s such as on the title track. (Also of note is the contrast of the 60s style female vocals against the 80s new wave style of Neil Hannon on “Perfection as a Hipster”, which somehow works.)"