You can still pick up the Nobody's Perfect sets from Occultation, but if you're reading this, then you probably have already had them for a month or two! Continuing our round-up of reviews from the national press, this is the Sunday Times website review from 15th March 2020 in the On Record: Pop, Rock and Jazz section.
THE DISTRACTIONS
Nobody's Perfect
Man In The Moon
THE DISTRACTIONS
Nobody's Perfect
Man In The Moon
After a brief flirtation with Factory records, the Manchester band The Distractions fell into the arms of Island Records' Nick Stewart, who would sign U2 to the label shortly afterwards. Only one of them went on to conquer the world, but The Distractions, whose debut album Nobody's Perfect celebrates its 40th birthday this year, were beloved by both fans and critics for music that, like that of many bands at the time, forged an edgy compromise between their pop past and punk's then insistent supremacy. Reissued on vinyl on Stewart's own label, with multiple fan-pleasing extras, the album is a reminder of one of the key moments of musical collision in British pop. DC
