Sunday 1 January 2017

Bearcats - Break Up Stories

On New Friends Bearcats switch on the distortion pedal and give their guitars what I believe is technically called Hell all the while keeping the new wave beat - chugging bass and handclaps - going.

Turn Me Around sees them pitch their stall midway between Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts - dramatically static, atmospheric and romantically fragile. Someone somewhere may already be carving the lyrics on their arm.

They go down that road marked '1982' or 'The Cure' or 'Blank Dogs' for Mickey and Mallory, the last track on this tape. I didn't go for that sound the last time it was revived and I'm still not biting. Still, 2 out of 3 of these songs are magic.

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