Volcano! - Africa Just Wants To Have Fun

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 14 Aug, 2008.

Anything's going to be an improvement after The Fratellis so Volcano! have got it pretty lucky this week, in this context it sounds like the greatest artistic work produced by mankind since Commando. The peculiarly titled 'Africa Just Wants To Have Fun' is apparently a dig at goons like Bono which is always nice to hear, not that you'd be able to tell much from the vocals since they're largely indecipherable - the singer sounds like he's having some sort of happy fit. There's a bit of what seems to be passing for Afrobeat these days, it's a playful and bouncy tune a bit like a more herky-jerky Vampire Weekend.. Maybe a bit closer to Foals as Phil suggests.

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* ’Africa Just Wants To Have Fun’ announces the return of Chicago trio volcano! following a two-year hiatus.
* The lead single is taken from the band’s second album, Paperwork, set for release on September 1 .
* Debut album Beautiful Seizure was an underground hit in 2006, withvDrowned in Sound readers voting it #2 Album Of The Year.

’Africa Just Wants To Have Fun’, like much of the new material, demonstrates a more playful, immediate side to the band, while clinging to the unpredictability and originality that defines their sound. The song is a razor-sharp satire of certain rock stars who purport to save the world with dubious, self-serving rhetoric.
On the flip is ’Performance Evaluation Shuffle (Slow Version)’, a re-recording of the opening track on Paperwork. This downbeat quasi-croon reflects a theme of disillusionment in the workplace that runs throughout the album.

Tracklist: 1. Africa Just Wants To Have Fun 2. Performance Evaluation Shuffle (slow version)

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