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IF YOU CAN ONLY AFFORD ONE EP THIS MONTH MAKE IT:
From the best live rock band currently around in the UK comes what is possibly the best single of the year.
From the opening drum rhythm of the lead track ‘Queen Of The Karaoke Bar’ you know this lot mean business.
The lyrics are weird and off-the-wall, but immediate: “In the disco/ A little fiasco/ I see Ricky Martin’s moustachio...”
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It precedes the chorus which, in this age of continued nagging self-doubt, is upliftingly optimistic: “I don’t worry ‘bout me’.
The intent and drive are clear and reflect the London fourpiece’s legendary live shows where anything can, and usually does happen.
The lead singer is apparently a reformed dustbin man turned modern artist.
Myth or reality, it doesn’t really matter.
This is what we need right now.
The initial driving force keeps pulsating through to the second track ‘Ghosts Of Funland’ worked out in a quasi-reggae stylee.
The full force of the group’s heavy metal aspect kicks in on the chorus and then drops down to a searchingly emotional plane with the incredible catchy bridge “I flow by for the rest of my life”.
‘High Class Liberties’ rocks like a mutha but is precise and intelligent at the same time.
“I think it’s time to change your make-up/ Think it’s time to change your
face/ You’re a library of fuck-ups/ Think it’s time I put you in your place”.
Blues rock, it’s jittery and direct. The final exclamation: “Fashion- Fuck it!” is a dynamic statement. A statement of arrival. Things may never be the same.
The EP ends with ‘Modern Metallic Mistake’ which normally ends the act’s set.
Depending on who you listen to, the song is about David Bowie or a vibrator. Who cares? It’s guitar riff is thunder.
This is a band with the common touch but coming from an impossibly artistic angle. A new breed. We’d like to call it art metal. You can call it genius.
Words: Lynden Bird
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‘Queen Of The Karaoke Bar’
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