Posted by AKOUSTIK ANARKHY on 3/27/2007, 4:05 pm, in reply to "MORE AUTOKAT REVIEWS" http://www.highvoltage.org.uk/displaydemoreview.asp?num=2475&band=639 Do not be put off by the name of either band or record, for the clumsily titled The Loungs have a certain something beyond their messy moniker. Offering a breakneck speed indie-pop with all lights flashing the band seem to exist purely to send messages of over-the-top tomfoolery for the benefit of anyone close enough to listen, and for the most part this hyperactive bounce works very well. Their title track – is it permissible to smile over the words 'Armageddon Outta Here'? – is mainstream cute indie-pop, with a drunken orchestra of handclaps and brass. Vocally and lyrically it works well although the scatter-gun skiffle guitars have not been mixed to be their most effective. On the back of an apparent paranoid obsession with matters feline, 'Cats' is an attack of time-signature changes, vocal switches, and choral abandon. Give The Coral a lot of sugar to get some approximation of the manic ride here. In common with similar groups throwing screwballs from the same corner of the pitch – The Fratellis spring to mind – constant overuse of nursery rhyme melodies can cloy at the patience but the gang mentality suggests mayhem will remain whilst the sun still shines.
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The Loungs High Voltage Single review, March 07
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