King Of England by The Hot Puppies starts out sounding like The Envelopes track Free Jazz which is no bad thing in itself! It develops into a punchy and catchy song with more than a serious anti-war message to it. The b-side Power To Spare is a brat of a track which shows me how wrong I was not to give the band a second chance after hearing one of their earlier singles a few years back. Get it whilst I have some catching up to do! King Of England is out now via the bands website and is a strictly limited edition.
Hungary's The Puzzle sound like Primal Scream during their Give Out But Don't Give Up period. The Creation links don't stop there with Alan McGee, who has proclaimed the band as "the find of the year" co-producing the tracks whilst the band are scheduled to appear regularly at Death Disco which is run by McGee's son.
Neither track on this double a-side is special or unique enough to stand out on it's own and when I state that the Skull Juice Remix of My Little Animal, with is heavy bass beats, is the best track on the single you will know what I mean. However if you like your rock n' roll dirty I suggest you give them a listen.
You're So Cruel/My Little Animal is out on Weekender Records on August 27th 2007.
The number of nondescript singles I have been sent previously makes me kind of sad especially when they are sent from a label I like such as Kids Records. I really tried hard to find something positive to say about The Steers and their début single Rewind Repeat but I failed. When the Observer wrote their revival of indie pop article a few weeks back it wasn't about the music of 20 years ago but rather the unimaginative corporate indie (read alternative) for the masses like this. There is a chain of thought that bloggers should not publish a review if it is negative. However when the music is as bland as this something has to be said. Avoid unless you believe everything the NME tells you.
Rewind Repeat is out on Kids on September 10th 2007.
Finally The Tacticians have been re-recording and releasing their previous singles since signing to Setanta Records. Now it's the turn of Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys and I am not sure the re-recording was necessary especially as it was originally out less than a year ago. Still it's a great song as my previous review testifies.
Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys is out on Setanta Records on August 27th 2007.
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