Detour
Records’ ‘Paisley Archive’ imprint is currently in top gear and top form in
terms of new releases with the stonkingly good ‘Studio 68’ CD anthology out on
Monday immediately followed a week later by the brand new ‘Boiling Point’ EP
from Mannequins.
This EP
starts in blistering form with the excellent ‘Yella Belly’ which has a flavour
of 1966/67 Freakbeat about it as it bashes out a really good R&B style
number with great passion and power. As you would expect from the opening track
of an EP, this is A-side material, and at a little over 2-minutes long is quite
punchy.
‘Mega
Money City’ is a guitar led track with a throbbing bass with an overall backing
track that would not be out of place on an early Weller solo LP. Another good
song that already starts to show the range and diversity that Mannequins have.
Next up
is ‘Sound of Silence’ (which is something it clearly (and thankfully) isn’t).
It starts lightly and builds up, combining a ‘dirty’ rockabilly style riff with
heavy tom-toms, before building up once again to an even more intense level.
This is a seriously good song and I really, really like it a lot.
The EP
finale is ‘Oh Glorious’ which starts slowly and develops into a very commercial
chorus of ‘Glorious’ that I can easily imagine being chanted back to the band
by the crowd after the final number as a plea for an encore.
In
summary then, another great release from Detour from a band that are clearly in
top form – for just £4.99 you can add another superb 2014 CD to your
collection.
Detour Records Product Description:
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“Following
on from Mannequins 2013 self-titled album release, Detour Records present
“Boiling Point” EP.
Boiling
Point is a superb collection of four tracks that sees Mannequins at their most
creative period, encompassing an eclectic range of influences that are
reflected in this release.
From in
your face Rhythm and Blues of opening track “Yella Belly” to the sublime
closing track “Oh Glorious” this captures a band that are at the top of their
game.”
Track Listing:-
1 Yella
Belly
2 Mega
Money City
3 Sound
of Silence
4 Oh
Glorious
Mannequins are: -
Lee
Bonington – Guitars / Keys / vocals
Chris
Stevens – Guitar / vocals
Brendan
Ivie – Drums
Lee
Clements – Bass Guitar
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