Cheerbleederz – Faceplant EP
(Alcopop!
Cheerbleederz - Faceplant EP
Records)
Release Date: 24th
September 2018
So, I’ve listened to the four
track on this EP on a loop now 6 times in a row and it was only after the fifth
listen that I noticed that this is the debut EP from London trio Cheerbleederz
(props on the name). The ‘Faceplant’ EP is a little rough around the edges but
that is in no way a bad thing and, much like eating cake mix before you’ve
baked it because there aren’t any grown-ups around to tell you not, just adds
to the pleasure. Opening track ‘Staying Up Late’ rattles along a fine old
indie-pop pace and with lines like “Staying up late, watching sit-coms, they
make me feel safe” you know you’re dealing with a band who make music true to
themselves and that’s always reassuring.
‘Don’t Hesitate’ settles in to a steady
rhythm and finds a place between Belly and the Long Blondes
owing to the sweet
harmonies and direct structure of the song. On ‘Thinking of You’ is an
anti-love song or denial-pop depending on your angle but either way it does
that velvet glove thing of hitting hard without breaking the skin on impact.
Closing track ‘Cabin Fever’ is my favourite from this debut collection and
that’s partly because it opens with the line “I think that we’re all doomed coz
I got a crush on you” and which one of us hasn’t been in that place at one
point or another? The use of three part harmonies and refreshing lyricism
(“wish I could tear the skin right off my arms” anyone?) makes this collection
an instantly loveable collection but it stands up to repeated listens too and
that’s a neat trick to pull off. More please.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/cheerbleederz/
Live Dates:
24th September – EP Launch @ Genesis Cinema,
London