![]() ![]() They're harmless enough, and mostly they're rather sweet - it would take a hard heart not to crack a smile at the eight second 'David's Turn', or the list-and-punchline 'Idiot Check'. Where some listeners will come unstuck will be the 'funny ones', which depend somewhat on your tolerance for mini-sketches and daft one-liners stuck in records. Best of all is 'Food', it's the kind of cheeky popcore Kenickie used to make before Lauren Laverne got all talky on us. ![]() Opener 'Allergies' is as good a slice of grungey new wave as you'll find anywhere while 'Green Beans' is built around a primitive riff worthy of the White Stripes. What's more they can really nail a proper pop tune. Behind the sweetness and the skits Lovely Eggs make a bloody racket, informed by 90's US alt punks like Mudhoney and Hole with the wit of Magnetic Fields and and the manners of Hilda Ogden. And if that all sounds a little bit tweecore, singer/guitarist Ross is far too fond of her distortion pedal to let things go too far in the direction of cupcakes and Etsy handbags. The Lovely Eggs are very much a world view - singing in their own accent, writing lyrics about dinner, animals, boyfriends, teeth, scooters and tempering their odder tendencies with a strong working class aesthetic and a home-made, DIY ethos. Anyone who's encountered the duo of Holly Ross and David Blackwell before will have a pretty fair idea of what's coming here - it's more of the same following 2009's If You Were Fruit and 2011's Cob Dominos - while for newcomers this is as good a place to jump on board as any. Cob Dominos is a truly wonderful and unique album, delivering all of the quirky charm and sonic thrills we've come to expect from a band who have continued to go from strength to strength and cement their reputation as one of the most genuinely exciting and essential bands around today.Lancashire's Lovely Eggs return with a third album stuffed with hooky charm, weirdo skits and knockabout Ramones-meet-Jilted-John razor punk. The Lovely Eggs have become well known for their live performances and have played everywhere from Amsterdam squats and Los Angeles scrap yards to steam trains in Ripley and charity shops in Leeds. Also festival appearances at The Secret Garden Party, Shambala, Solfest & Beatherder. In the last 2 years the band have played hundreds of gigs around the UK, USA & Europe supporting the likes of Shonen Knife, The Slits, The Television Personalities & Eddie Argos as well as a 2 month tour of America. ![]() Their debut album If You Were Fruit ranked in the top 40 records of 2009 by Artrocker and was nominated for XFM's 'Debut Album of the Year'. The band have enjoyed press from Artrocker Magazine, The Guardian, Maximum Rock and Roll & Everett True. Last year the pair were invited to perform 5 shows at SXSW in Austin Texas, where they also recorded with legendary cult musician and artist Jad Fair. Occasionally satirical and often surreal The Lovely Eggs won't deliver a straightforward love song to your door, instead you'll be taken on a journey into Holly & David's world where there are no seatbelts! Receiving airplay from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley, Rob Da Bank, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe & John Kennedy, The Lovely Eggs have recorded sessions for BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music & XFM. Inspired by everyday life, coupled with a fierce ethos that music should be about magic and art and feeling and fun, the Lancashire duo have more in common with writer Richard Brautigan & artist David Shrigley than they do with their musical peers. Described as unhinged, strange, bizarre, cuckoo and howling mad but with a growing army of fans including Radio One's Huw Stephens and Art Brut's Eddie Argos you'd be crazy not to fall in love with their underground grunge-pop sound. The second album on the band's own label. ![]()
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