- garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival
- 46 min
- 12 tracks
- Vertigo
Romance at Short Notice is the second and last album by Dirty Pretty Things, released in the UK on 30 June 2008. The first single, "Tired of England", was released on 23 June 2008. The title of the album is a reference to the final line of the Saki short story "The Open Window".
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Spare, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Buzzards & Crows3:23
- 2Hippy's Son3:19
- 3Plastik Hearts3:10
- 4Tired of England3:02
- 5Come Closer2:16
- 6Fault Lines3:00
- 7Kicks or Consumption3:32
- 8Best Face3:43
- 9Truth Begins5:22
- 10Chinese Dogs3:31
- 11The North3:29
- 12Blood on My Shoes8:12
12 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- June 30, 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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