I heard this song two weeks ago when my wife and I were away for a weekend in Somerset. It was playing on 6music and we both thought it was absolute tripe.
Two weeks later and I absolutely love it – it has got a firm hold on my brain and I cant shake it off.
It is complete tosh of course but catchy complete tosh.
Oh yes, utter tosh. But it gets into your central nervous system and is quite possibly the single of the year so far…
Awful band name. Ewww. Bad planning, go before you set off next time…
It has a similar vibe to a 2018 favourite from Stockholm band Viagra Boys – “Sports”. Here’s a very lo-fi video…
This year’s album Welfare Jazz has a slightly less punky sound, but just as catchy songs, like this one, “I Feel Alive”:
Well I like it anyway!
When I was in Sweden in 1999-2000 “Viagra boys” was a mocking term for middle aged blokes who suddenly buy a big American car, very often a vintage cadillac or suchlike.
Ring any bells? Was this just a Ljungby thing? I used to see at least one of these American Graffiti-type behemoths in every carpark and think…”Pfizer’s finest!”
I’ve never heard it, but it makes sense since cars like that driven by men like that are known as penisförlängare – penis elongators…
Good lord, that sounds uncomfortable.
I too heard this on Radio 6 a few weeks ago and really liked it. After 20 plays I may change my mind! It reminds me a bit (the video especially) of Aldous Harding, and that is no bad thing.
Thanks for bring into front and centre in my mind again Steve, these things pop in and pop out too much for me these days. It’s like my hard drive only has a little left to store all this stuff! Added to Summer 2021 playlist now,
It’s a banger (daddio?)
One can’t help but prick up ones ears at such lines as “ Is your muffin buttered?
Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?”
All perfectly innocent no doubt
Call me superficial, but now that I have found out that they are fellow Caulkheads*, I love ’em!
(* from the Isle of Wight)
Me too.. 🙂 …not had this much attention since Level 42… blah blah ad infinitum
It’s a belter.
This is great. I’d immediately buy a vinly of that if one were available. It’s funny and somehow slightly disturbing. The video is funny as well.
great stuff….more…more….