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Army Navy are the latest young Yank muffins to straddle the escaped horse known as C86 janglepop, a runner up in the cool stakes of the late 80's after the vivacious camp stud known as Stink, Aching & Waterworks. They actually sound pretty cool in an early Creation stylee, they've eaten their Grandparents Byrds records & found some Loft discs in erm...the loft then eaten some Big Star/Teenage Fanclub happy cookies & been sick. 'Saints' makes my foot rattle & my head nod & is absolutely perfect for this baking Thursday in Leeds The flip however is a dubious cover of Maxine Nightingale's 'Right Back Where We Started From', a top 70s smasheroonie that's been twatted around the face too many times by idiot wanabee starlets desperate for a quick top 10 fix. On Club Fandango, indie label savantLimited (500 only) Fandango single.
ARMY NAVY are four young
adults based in Los Angeles. When they are together in the same room
make the sort of hip-shaking chord-quaking melody-making
powerindiepoprock which will make any lover of Creation and Fire
Records circa 1991 weep gently into the sleeve of their plaid shirt.
Their
eponymously titled album came out on the band's own Fever Zone label in
North America in October last year. Filter.com said the record was
"irrefutably charming". Pitchforkmedia.com exclaimed that the album was
"a blast" and a "bubbly effervescent valentine". This is not surprising
as
'Army Navy' is a fizzing whizzing collection of strident tunes
and buoyant harmonies which nod sagely towards Teenage Fanclub and The
Posies and Gigilo Aunts.
Happily, debut UK single release
'Saints' is a chip off the proverbial powerpop block and is accompanied
by a fantastic $500 dollar video waiting to be gawped at
www.myspace.com/armynavy right now. Even better, the B-side 'Get Right
Back' was originally heard as 'Right Back Where We Started From' by
Maxine Nightingale in 1975, so these boys have got soul too. Summertime
UK shows are being arranged even as we type…
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