Freak Slug hail from Manchester and seem to epitomize the sort of perfectly obtuse originality that comes from their town in comparison to their cross-country cousins of Liverpool, whose bands tend to gravitate, at least to some degree, towards the safety net of a Fab Four sound. Unsurprisingly this Viva La Vulva EP is therefore packed with intra-EP difference.
Initially, the superlative standout and opener of 27 Club presents a bizarre but strangely true account of the allure of ‘troubled talent’ as it bounces through an anomalous juxtaposition of Spanish tonto-pop and 90s jangly indie/twee-pop. The track is built upon twanging riffs that should be so very perverse to the cutesy that surrounds it, but somehow works on every melodic and cool level possible.
Kiss The Devil joins the opener in jangly melodic intent. This time skipping into bubblegum territories before drifting into 50s and 60s girl pop when the chorus hooks you in.
Sleepover Mood glistens with hazy neo-psyche that adds superb submersion to the tune, and the title track completes a release where all tracks are swathed in ‘difference’ with a sound that hints at the recent Elefant Records attention to commercial indie-pop.
Jangly bedroom-pop sounds so much better with a Manchester twist !
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