Milky Onions - My Loins Oink
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| Milky Onions - My Loins Onions EP |
This EP came with a challenge, a
challenge to like it in the face of overwhelming disagreement from everyone
else who had heard it to date. Now, you can call that a bit of reverse
psychology gimmickery but I'm never one to back down from a challenge - just
ask those lucky few who once watched me eat a pint of cheese. So, off we go
with 'Cigarette Butts (On Your Window Ledge)' which has some gorgeous vocals
harmonies, a bouncy bass line and some nice organ sounds to go along with the
silly song title. 'Creamy Hours' starts off with a country twang and a healthy
slather of rich keys before 48 seconds that is simply called '(Wobbly
Interlude)' and features some sinister keyboard melodies without much else.
The pips that introduce 'Powering
Down' remind me of hearing Radio 4 wafting out of my mum's kitchen before a
scuzzy, 60s influence indie-pop ditty ensues with a certain amount of charm.
'Johnny Don't Wake Me' features some bendy Hawaiian guitars and Beach
Boys-esque vocal melodies which are as haunting as they are luscious. The EP
finishes up with 'Thank You And Goodbye', a jaunty but sombre track about
growing old based around a bouncing organ line. Milky Onions won't be
everyone's cup of tea but for many others they will be the perfect cup of
irreverent tea not bound to a caffeine based genre of any kind. Challenge = nailed.
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