Those Handsome Animals - Hits EP
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| Those Handsome Animals - Hits EP |
Release Date: Out Now
It takes a certain sense of
humour, arrogance and attitude to chuck out an EP early in your career called
'Hits' but that's exactly what London lads Those Handsome Animals have done
(great band name by the way). There's a travelling theme to the four tracks on
this collection that begins with 'Home Pt. 1', a tune that crashes in all drunk
and disorderly inspired by the Sex Pistols, the Who and numerous West Coast
punk bands. The intro is perhaps a little long but when the song finally gets
going it settles in to something more akin to the Killers or Young Knives with
raw production qualities and a sense of that lost hope that seems to prevalent
within British kids these days. 'Away Again' is up next and has a bluster about
it that is hard to ignore as delicate notes are bombed by big distorted guitars
that puts in me in mind of something existing between the worlds of Maximo
Park, the Rakes and the Futureheads.
On 'Right For The City' the
quartet hit their stride and by now you can revel in the scratchy chords, tinny
cymbals and seat of the pants vocal performances that care not for slickness or
autotune (thank the lord). 'Doing Fine' closes things off and seals the deal
for me as Those Handsome Animals show that they have perfectly mastered the
blend of US Garage and English Indie to make a potent and probably barely legal
concoction that I am starting to get a buzz off. The itchy, nervous energy in
each of the songs suggest the live shows will sweaty, excited and slightly
awkward affairs but then so was my sex life when I was a teenager and that
turned out OK, right? RIGHT? Right. Anyway, get these guys on your radar as
they will be being critically acclaimed before you know it.
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