Album review: Somehow We Met by The Meow Meows
Somehow We Met offers 12 killer tunes that playfully blend ska, reggae and garage rock into one great record for summer.
The Meows start as they mean to go on with the strongly melodic opening track England Is Over.
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Hide AdIt’s as bouncy as you’d expect from ska music, but with the promised “sixties” edge that’s simply, well...groovy.
The lyrics are surprisingly hard hitting for such an upbeat tune, expressing disenchantment with higher education and contempt for conformity.
“An education, what will you get? Three year’s frustration, a minor debt.”
Cynical graduates will undoubtedly be nodding their heads to more than just the rhythm of the music at this point.
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Hide AdRude Girl’s Gone To Jail keeps the mood confrontational and the tunes catchy, as keyboard flourishes come in along with lyrics about a character burning things down.
WhyWhyWhy brings harder elements into the music with a growling, dirty guitar intro, swiftly followed by hand claps and a screaming saxophone solo.
The next track, Banknote, slows the tempo right down with a more conventional ska tune, albeit with silky female vocals over the music.
Just Too Young keeps the ska sound but quickens the pace, while Disaster! Disaster! throws in some completely unexpected and brilliantly funky electronic keyboard notes.
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