The Wave Pictures - In Her Kitchen

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3...according to our Dave on Wed 14 Sep, 2011.

These guys. Twee-er than Shannon Twee-d carrying a bag of Tween-ies onto a plane that's landing at Vlaklaagte Twee in South Africa. That's twee. It's not even a paddlin'. It's just proper twee. The Wave Pictures share the same bed wetting personality of Herman Dune and mebbe that guy that used to be in Hefner. It's indie music, with "saucy" lyrics and the occasional glib social commentary. It's not too bad I guess, it's just wetter than a fishses wet bits, and thankfully less smelly. It's three-chord inoffensivity of the highest order. I'm not really feeling it, but the tea and cakes brigade will love it. The flip side is in my shrimp-like eyes is the stronger song. It's slightly less foppish than the title track. It at least has stuck in my memory banks for 27 seconds. They do continue to look like child worriers on their record sleeves though. Which hasn't stopped Glitter from "shifting a few units" so not to worry.

Limited 7. In Her Kitchen, the latest single from The Wave Pictures, is one of the oldest songs in the Wymeswold trio’s catalogue. Written when band member Dave Tattersall was just 17 In Her Kitchen captures the fluttering anticipation of meeting someone and the subsequent thrill of growing intimacy. Wrapped up in The Wave Pictures small-town charm and warm pop melodies, In Her Kitchen emerges as a true testament to their humorous and complex energies. The song has been re-recorded for its inclusion here on their critically acclaimed new album Beer In The Breakers. After a nationwide tour in May – including a show at London’s Scala – The Wave Pictures joined Porcelain Raft and Unknown Mortal Orchestra for a one-off show in The Royal Albert’s Hall Elgar Room and bassist Franic Rozycki and Tattersall have recently toured Germany with The Lobster Boat Band, whose debut long player will also be released by wiaiwya in September. The Wave Pictures have defiantly trodden their own path, mining the lost essence of British indie across their critically lauded debut 2008’s Instant Coffee Baby – short listed for the Guardian New Album Award and featured in many an end of year poll – and the follow up If You Leave It Alone. Their latest album Beer In the Breakers was equally warmly received on its release earlier this year. // “Lyrically, The Wave Pictures turn on a dime. They can zip from the richly observed into amusingly confessional into a Lewis Carol flight of fancy.” 8/10 NME // “The Wave Pictures are currently conjuring the most gleeful, magnificent pop in town.” GUARDIAN // “At their helm The Wave Pictures have a writer who captures expertly the bitter romance of British life.” - ***** TIME OUT // “Original Intelligent, and utterly heartwarming.” - **** THE FLY // “They’re making quintessential, embrace-able indie, and their ‘everything is essential’ streak continues.” 8/10 ROCKSOUND

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