We first heard this just before Christmas on Radio 6 and meant to post about it, but good intentions were swept away by the deluge of festivities. Better late than never though…

Lead singer and bassist of Manchester indie legends A Certain Ratio, Jez Kerr has plenty of musical heritage to draw on being in at the beginning of the rise of Factory and dipping musical toes into pretty much everything – from post punk and art rock to industrial funk via jazz and electronica. Now embarked on a solo career, Play Sumthing Fast is his debut single, a sparsely, brooding, bass-driven epic that reminds us equally of the best of Wire and Primal Scream.

It’s also catchy as hell.

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Visit his MySpace here. Buy a signed copy of the single here.