Stone Roses - Beautiful Thing

The Stone Roses released another new track this week. Despite having been disappointed by All Join Hands, I still had hopes! One of the first reasons was the length at 7:01, I was hoping for a Second Coming style psychedelic blues rock romp. 

And it’s not far off, Beautiful Thing has the kind of infectious dance beat you would expect, along with John Squire’s fantastic guitar playing. The lyrics seem to apologise for the tepid All Join Hands pointing out ‘there’s a method to my madness.’

All things considered, I’m not in love with Beautiful Thing, it’s a good song, but unfortunately, Stone Roses have a reputation for bangers.