Ooh, now what does that remind me of? Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Elastica? Naa, back further to Switzerland, circa 1978. In fact there’s not much to put them in the Kleenex camp apart from something about the guitar. In truth, it’s way too easy to take a female-fronted band and compare them to, well, loads of other female-fronted bands. That said, when you’re looking at the likes of the Slits and Delta 5 then what’s not to like? ‘Dead Pirates’ is maybe a wee bit too ’angular’(nice wording, cheers) but has a big hook (ho-ho… make that yo-ho-ho) while ‘On Finding a Life’ mixes the jingle-jangle of the Wedding Present with an ear for a killer melody that the Delgados we presume were happy to pass onto them. And that’s even before a bloke, Magnus takes over on shouty Mark E Smith-style centra-stage on ‘Platinum’.
