Posted on May 22, 2009, 11:56 am

Barkingly brilliant or not? Over to you TunAsters

Posted on May 25, 2009, 9:42 am
Last edited on May 25, 2009, 9:50 am

If they can stand the road, they have a bright future.

From their Myspace, I'd guess they are stonking fun live. They should certainly sell this aspect (Live Photos with mixed crowds having a laugh,guys, not "boys only" band without instruments photos fellas!!

Novelty songs don't sell albums, they have a radio appeal but only the station makes anything out of it.

Most of the band are listed as singers but I hear mostly one ,rather nasal, lead. They need to make more variety here.

If Madness are a major influence they should note that the humor was mostly visual, repeated jokes are not funny anymore and their lyrics were much more simplistic and catchy.

Viv Stanshaw was gifted to use nonsense in a bizzarly comprehensible way, he remained an obscure cult figure not a pop star. Women will buy this too but the boys have to tell them they're welcome to do so.

Posted on May 25, 2009, 9:57 am

I hope you don't mind me editing your posts Mr. C - it's just to make 'em easier for peeps to read :-)

Posted on May 25, 2009, 10:41 am
Last edited on May 25, 2009, 10:50 am

Great Stuff. You are right Andy they are great fun live. Caught them at recent finals for the Jack FM comp at the Academy in Oxford.

They are a young band but very tight live and energetic. I love most styles of music but I have to admit that it's good to see a band performing stuff without having to don the 'To make it, we have to look mean moody and pretencious' hat!

Their music does remind me of the 2 tone era. Although way different in musical style they remind me a little of Supergrass, from the perspective of catchy tunes and clever but different lyrical content and obviously the fun side of things.

I thought they should have won that competition but alas. I hope that doesn't detract from what I believe to be a bright future.