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Their Ska guitar riffs and rhythm section forge an unlikely but surprisingly workable union with quirky, theatricral, at times comical lyrics and melodies. Lady Salsa is the best example of this (although they all fit this bill), and wouldn’t sound out of place as part of a musical or pantomime. It has to be said, your taste in these two cultural mediums will dictate whether or not you like the band, such is its prevalence.
They use the catchy chorus well (they stick), evident mostly in ‘Elephant in the room’ and ‘Now You’ve Gone and Done it’ the latter being of more traditional, medium paced rock mould, with impressive dry fuzz guitar soloing. All the songs display a great understanding of how to musically link numerous and very different song parts, and each member has mastery in their designated role, but for all the musical knowledge, none of the songs really hit the heights you feel they’re capable of. Perhaps more tweaking post recording could aid this. While all parts of this band (and demo) have merit, they do not become ‘more than,’ rather, they remain ‘the sum of.’
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