An ‘alternative’ band based in London, there is a current of
psychedelia that pulses through its core, most notably and Jefferson
Airplane-esque on fifth song Sherry where
the vocal of Elisa Zoot plays a large part in that echo. Otherwise, that pulse
beats in other ways as in Soul Mall
where the psyche-pop with organ and vocal swirls provide the musical
reminiscence.
A slower acoustic number is eighth Tarjetores, a brooding and building song about modern slavery, and
opener The Pool also begins with
acoustic guitar, Zoot with her this time Nico vocal foregrounded, and a vocal
chorus with drum and tambourine beats that in a sense mislead/tease with the
apparent musical direction, but actually demonstrates the full array of
approach on the album, second track Age
of Contagion following with pounding bass and Zoot’s shouting vocals at the
other end of her engaging range.
Bitter Beast is a
pretty pop-vocal about betrayal, so irony informs other aspects of this band’s
clear maturity; Hoochie Choochie Lover
wears its rock ‘n’ roll on a another popish sleeve, playfully; Cassiopea is another acoustic guitar,
Zoot-led tune, angelic choir enveloping the singing with more Hawaiian-ish
guitar [there was some in an earlier track], and closer Solar System is a brief but electronic-backwashed fragment of more
Zoot foregrounding.
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