Get Back Guinozzi - Low Files Tropical

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 17 Sep, 2009.

Fat Cat continue on their quest to discover some of the International stages' more individual & intriguing acts with this debut 7" by Get Back Guinozzi! 'Low Files Tropical' has this sassy, summery pop swagger to it with a flighty female vocal from a French lass called Eglantine. It's a difficult song to pigeonhole, it's got this slightly stoned Caribbean feel but also works as a cool piece of inventive left-feel pop that sticks in yr mind. The cover of Junior Murvin's 'Police & Thieves' is quite entertaining, presented as a piece of quirky, dreamy motorik pop with a slight tropical shoegaze feel. A cool double header from this ear pleasing Gallic duo! Ltd as always...

Driven by French friends guitarist Fred Landini and
singer Eglantine Gouzy, Get Back Guinozzi!
began with Fred composing fifteen brief tracks for a
contemporary dance company using a minimal set
up of guitar, rhythm box, and a single keyboard
sound. Having collaborated together on some
previous material, Fred sent London-based Eglantine
some of this instrumental material to work on and
the pair were so excited by the results that they
decided to form a band.
‘Low Files Tropical’ is ably backed with a brilliantly
punchy, bubbly version of the classic, much-covered
‘Police & Thieves’ which - complete with kazoo
solo - perhaps owes more to Junior Murvin’s
original than The Clash’s best known version. The
track became a blog hit in June, finding its way on to
6Music and beyond.