Magoo, Vote the pacifist ticket today (Chemikal Underground) CD
Quantity does not necessarily a quality LP make. Magoo learnt this the
last time round and have sensibly stuck to just 14 tracks here
although more judicious pruning still would've made it 10 and the
record a whole lot tighter. But that's Magoo's charm, like similar
tunes-from-loons Number One Cup they take you to skewiff pop heaven
one minute and shamble around like complete amateurs the next when
they should be whipping out another ray of their glorious fuzz
sunshine and converting you to their cult. Still, it's good to see a
record that's obviously programmed for 2 sides of vinyl with the side
1 closer/side 2 opener pairing of "Billion dollar brain", where Magoo
play with all the suave style of Michael Caine's 60's icon Harry
Palmer, and single "Holy smoke", which weaves their falsetto into
another scratchy-but-catchy winner, conspiring to keep you
listening. Another flawed diamond.
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