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Band Of The Day #14 - NAPOLEON IIIRD "Snowball Fight at the OK Diner"

How early will you be waking up on the 25th of December? Christmas dreams fade with age as toys get too small for worn hands. Too old by 18, add another decade at the very least onto the enigmatic Napoleon IIIrd and he’s not getting up ‘til the Queen’s done speaking.

Ignoring the novelty holding sway over December charts, ‘Snowball Fight at the OK Diner’ is an alternative take on Gunfight At The OK Corral; a weary lament on the Olympic mediocrity of the festive period, finding a lonely figure lost for words at the absurdity of it all. It’s also a pop song, albeit a downbeaten one. The snowballs say so.

Napoleon IIIrd can look back on an arduous but successful year, attracting strong positive comment for debut album and 7” single alike. Otherwise, he’s found himself in brief cahoots with Xfm and MTV, Cribs and Los Campesinos!, Brainlove Records and Dazed and Confused. He’ll wind up pouring In Debt To over the territories in spring next year before starting afresh.

Download:  Napoleon IIIrd - 'Snowball Fight at the OK Diner'

Review - Napoleon IIIrd - In Debt To (8/10)

Feature - DiScover: Napoleon IIIrd

Napoleon IIIrd @ MySpace

- Kev Kharas

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