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‘Word of Mouth’ (EP, self-released) • COI are freshly reformed and, crikey, we’ve missed their pop zest. The kind of zest writ through lead track ‘Sketch-ee’, just two minutes and out, but not before a backward circling riff and zip-beat bed down a little tale-telling in Ray Davies-patented fashion, all richly detailed minutiae and wry detachment. Though, admittedly, he wasn’t so big on the hip-hop-influenced speed delivery. ‘Sleeping With Your Clothes On’ whips by with a freneticism once beloved by Arctic Monkeys before collapsing in a heavy riff heap, ‘Room Full Of Fakes’ – a re-recording from the album – doing same with an XTC-meet-Only Ones sound clash. A clear nominee for the Record Most Likely To Wink Cheerily When Removed From Sleeve award. (Julian Owen) Copyright Julian Owen 2011 |
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