Coming at you from Glasgow, via that apparent hotbed of crime, Shetland (if the BBC series is to be believed) is the gloriously ramshackle chic of Middle Class Guilt who have decided we are ready for them to lay all that pent up guilt at our doors. We should all be truly grateful to be allowed the opportunity to let this into our lives.
The four songs that make up the the EP are an eclectic and somewhat eccentric mix – a bit like The Fall meets Fat White Family meets The Amazing Snakeheads, all thrown into a magimix, with the resultant new flavour delighting the taste buds while fucking a bit with your head as you wonder just what you have experienced, but desperate for some more…
The lead song, Part Evil, At Least has a sinister edge to it, as befits a song with such a title, but despite this underlying air of menace, it also has hints of a ska melody that will give you itchy feet. Talking of ska, Reformed Thornwood brings Ska punks Rudebeard to mind, perhaps mostly for their use of that most offensive of curses as the band appear to have an issue with the “new” clientele (cunts!) of the refurbished Thornwood Bar.
The Ballad has a lackadaisically louche and laidback feel a la Fat White Family’s Is It Raining In Your Mouth before the band fully lay their Middle Class Guilt at our doors on the EPs title track. The initial incessantly infectious beat building to a cacophony as they exorcise their demons.
Give me more of your Middle Class Guilt and give me it now…
Middle Class Guilt Bandcamp
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