Loose
Fruit Museum – In The Room (Ciao Ketchup Recordings)
CD/DL
Out Now
London based
rockers release their new album.
This is what
is commonly known as a damn good Rock ‘n’ Roll album. Straight from the off with opener Every
Tuesday, a Bauhaus induced brawl of heavy guitars and even heavier drums Loose
Fruit Museum seemingly make their intentions clear. ‘Seemingly’ because they don’t, instead they
mix it up a little to avoid any chance of boredom in an album that is both
accomplished and confident.
The five
piece clearly have talent, and big bags of it.
They’re songwriting is self-assured and whilst comparisons to Manic
Street Preachers may be slightly wide of the mark (they’re much better than
that), they do have more connection with Red Hot Chilli Peppers and possibly
even Nirvana of occasion.
Recent
single Somersaults is as good, if not better, than any rock song you’ll hear on
the radio or see on ‘music’ television.
It oozes power, aggression and above all a catchy melody which is not
easily removed and leaves the listener demanding more. Where Loose Fruit Museum (no, me neither!)
are clever is in their choice of album line-up – next track, Enough Is Enough
is a change of pace which leaves a sense of intrigue and wanting. With a Kurt Cobain guitar gnarl, it chugs
along and satisfies easily.
Arguably,
LFM are nothing new, but if you’re not going to make anything revolutionary
then the key is to do it well and do it well they do. Country Punk does have punk aspirations but also
has a 90s punch with a modern day curve.
Vocals are buoyant and the production is absolutely spot-on.
Okay, okay
so Lungs does sound a bit like the Manics, but more their guitar rock period
before they went down the pop road.
Think more Masses Against The Classes with its pseudo angry poise and
shock intentions. It’s a toe-tapper to
say the least if not making you want to get off your backside and jump to the
skies.
The closing
four tracks then take a turn in pace, the rock goes and the roll enters. After kicking ass for over half of the album,
LFM become more subdued almost creating a Side 1 and Side 2 depending on your
mood. They can write moody stuff too as
final track Crossroads shows. It’s not
always about making lots of noise, sometimes a melody counts and the band can
write those too.
In The Room
is a good album, not ground-breaking or Earth shattering but solid,
entertaining and very pleasing.
