‘…Tell Her On The Weekend’ sounds like the title of some godawful TV show co-hosted by Chris Evans and Denise Van Outen, but it’s not and we can all thank our lucky stars for that. Instead, choice jangly gems are contained within, like ‘Baked Potatoes’, which sounds a bit like Seafood if they were having a really good day. “Don’t get caught in the baked potatoes… it’s so ugly down there,” warns singer Mick Wilson, obtusely.
Plus you couldn’t start an album with even a smidge more lyrical oomph than ‘Bus Stop’ does, with the line “Sucking cock for rock at the bus stop… Yeah we’re so messed up we’re going post-rock”. Luckily it’s all a smokescreen, cos these goodtime boys would never make you work for the payoff.
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