You know with a title like that these guys aren’t going to be a bunch of chin-stroking musos. Over the course of this mini-album this boy-girl duo meld electro-pop silliness, trashy guitar sounds and lyrics that fall somewhere between the daft and the arch. This is music for getting shit-faced and dancing like a twat, not contemplating in your bedroom (which does rather put reviewers at a disadvantage).
You know with a title like that these guys aren’t going to be a bunch of chin-stroking musos. Over the course of this mini-album this boy-girl duo meld electro-pop silliness, trashy guitar sounds and lyrics that fall somewhere between the daft and the arch. This is music for getting shit-faced and dancing like a twat, not contemplating in your bedroom (which does rather put reviewers at a disadvantage).
The spirit of the album is summed up by lines such as ‘I think it must be karma that your arse is getting larger’ or ‘I’ve got big boobies, ok!/ You want to touch them, no way!’. All this sung over some very danceable and catchy tunes. It’s all good (not very) clean fun.
There are some quibbles. The ‘arse’ line (from Karmarama) is a good one, but it somewhat loses its bite with the amount of repetition they subject it too. Sometimes the electro-pop and the indie guitar don’t quite mash. But then I suppose that it’s appropriate that the music can end up as a bit of a mess as that’s probably what happens to a sizeable portion of their audience.
After all the silliness the closer Cariad is lovely. For once the tone isn’t sarcastic, bitchy or daft and it’s the first moment that suggests that they might be able to sustain more than an EP worth of material. The track reminds me a little of early Super Furry Animals – another band who meld the electro and the indie. Whilst 2 Hot 2 Sweat never reach the kinds of heights SFA are capable of they do sound like they would be the perfect soundtrack to a bender.
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