Ah, the sweet song of youth. Fresh and feckless, there is nothing more spot-on than kids strapping on guitars and transforming their angst into bursting melodies and riffs. Well, deep in bucolic Sussex, three brooders are doing just that. Ladies and gentleman - Easyworld.
This mini-album is a sonic version of an adolescent male's torso - sensitive, lean and just this side of growing into impressive maturity. First up 'Lights Out', is pure luster to the ears. Dav Ford's soaring vocals rub up against crisp clean guitars.
Flute-like flutters and plush mandolins mark out the brittle 'Junkies and Whores', their ode the act of giving up. 'Someone Do Something' raises a middle finger to society the only way most of us can - with our other hand blocking it from view. Glenn Hooper hits his kit hard, tracking Jo Taylor's deluxe bass lines. The little tour de force ends with the smoky, jazzy 'Compilation Blues' featuring Dav's best Billie Holiday (albeit through a tin can) imitation.
A pastiche of Placebo, the Manics and Green Day, they resurrect the power-punk trio with a joy that only those who think they are doing it for the first time can. Easyworld are what JJ72 might be if they stopped taking themselves so seriously, and what Gay Dad can only dream of being. How they manage to simultaneously sound polished yet brand new is a wonder.
So, raise a toast to bored home county teens everywhere - long may they create dazzling noise in their bedrooms. Huzzah!
