These are, from the sounds on offer here, four very literate young men, enthusiastic with their instruments and very keen to show us all just how much good stuff they’ve read and listened to.
While in lesser hands this might come across as annoying and twee (and God knows, some bands like it to appear so!), here it comes across as very fresh and pleasant in sound. These guys are very self-aware and also have a welcome lack of self-importance.
These songs have obviously been very carefully thought out and a lot of time and effort has gone into their structure. While they may need to watch their language if they want to get on the radio, they have a fantastic spiky jangliness and are very witty.
