Neon
City EP
Interesting one this because the opening bars of You Gotta Help Me Out scream Nu-Rave and
that’s never a good thing to scream at me, however, the hook is already working
because once the first verse is over they’ve got you. Think jumping about in a
tent on a warm summer evening somewhere with your mates and maybe too much
cider in you and you’ve got it!
A quick glimpse at their biog suggests it hasn’t been an
easy birth for this collection of songs, but the south coast outfit have
overcome several obstacles- not least early adoration- to deliver the goods,
which has to earn them respect.
Title track, Neon City,
builds to a Primal Scream-esque chorus and now we hit the downside because the
remaining tracks are pretty formulaic. Now I feel a bit bad about using the ‘f’
word there, because I think what they’ve done is they’ve chosen their style and
really gone for it; it’s well shaped, well delivered and well worth a listen,
it’s just not really anything new, and that’s what we really want in our summer
listening isn’t it, novelty…
Matt Rhodie
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