These guys style themselves as "British music made in Berlin", and according to their biography a few of their tunes were inspired by a trip to Australia which resulted in the loss of both love and money. While it's hardly Peruvian Bhangra-jazz, there should be a slight mix of cultures about their music, and there kind of is. They sing in English as opposed to German and they're right about making western guitar-pop, the variety comes in the shift in eras they draw inspiration from. As well as British music there's the definite influence of 1960s America to be found, alongside bands of the Britpop explosion
Potty-mouthed opener 'I Try' is a weird hybrid of 1950s melodies, the beat groups that followed and the original indie pack of thirty years ago. On 'Look Up' they focus more on the summer of love with a Byrds-like jangle and sunshine melodies, it's maybe the strongest track here but you can't really have complaints against any of them. If their roots are in songs from this era, then it's telling that when they do draw from more recent groups, they pick ones that also owed a debt to the past. 'Not Fast Enough' thinks it's from a Cast album and 'She'll Be Mine' has an indiepop feel. 'Wafe' is nothing mind-blowing but if you want to decent guitar tunes then you'll find them here.
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