Fabulously perky, catchy, snappy, witty, doomsday gallows humour songs in this second solo release by The Coral guitarist, drawing on styles from ragtime, New Orleans dixieland jazz, vaudeville, Kinks-style 60s baroque pop and more. Light and breezy of style, with a running theme of the world going horribly wrong in various settings, it’s a wonderful romp of toe-tapping numbers, some reminiscent of the Beatles at their most Sgt. Pepper circus-like and playful, with horns, piano and other instruments to make you feel like you’re at a theatrical show, with Molloy’s own very polished, cheeky, vocal performance. Opener Doomsday Bottle of Wine is pure dystopian Dixieland jazz fun, When The Fatman Sings plays on a common phrase, and Hey Nancy is derived from being cheered up by his niece after the death of his father. Apocalypso is a central number, filled with wordplay, it parodies dance craze tunes such as the Macarena, Watusi, The Monkey, Jerk or The Twist, set to a calypso rock’n’roll beat with inverted Biblical lyrics and mariachi horns. Another standout is the spaghetti-western/Kinks/Byrds feel of Luxury Bunker, portraying a delusional and paranoid man who thinks the human race is depending on him and on his survival, solely, to avoid complete extinction, but never emerges to even take out rubbish to the bins. Other objects of satire include Silicon Valley (in a country style), AI, and a rock number dystopian cloning title Dolly The Sheep. Infinite jest in a doomed world done with wit, fun and no shortage of skill. Excellent entertainment right to the death. Out on Spring Heeled Records.
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