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An unusual choice of second single, this, mainly because as the opening track on Rose Kemp’s stunning album A Handful Of Hurricanes, it acts as a relatively calm lead-in to the crescendo of first single, ‘Violence’. It doesn’t shout a message; rather, it sneakily coaxes you into an album of contrasts.
The logic is twisted, perhaps, but then this isn’t a thought-through song. It’s a blur of emotions; a stream of consciousness; a gentle sway that stops and starts, Kemp’s vocal getting increasingly feral and then breaking from its moorings. It’s feline in temperament: aloof, slinking, inscrutable.
The production value on A Handful Of Hurricanes is a fraction weak, rendering ‘Little One’ far less gob-smacking than it deserves to be, but the power is still there, threatening menace.
Most definatley
needs a name change.
evening in tatters
had the misfortune of seeing this 'un in leeds the other night. i wish i'd stayed at home and slashed my wrists instead. i've never seen anyone make so many people so unhappy so quickly. the night was ruined - absolutely ruined. After the caterwauling was over the DJ tried deperately to cheer everyone up by playing 'maneater' and 'one thing' in quick succession....but it was too late....i was already weeping into my beer.



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