These past few weeks, shock-blonde VEG Club frontman Adam Taylor has been spouting off to fans about how much he hates the Cardiff band’s 2006 self-titled album. Which is a bit harsh – in ‘My Son Spells Backwards’ it had one of the best punky-funky should-have-been-hits around. Still, he’ll be much happier with ‘Love On An Oil Rig’ – on which he and his spiky four-piece (two girls and two guys following drummer Emma Daman’s departure) harness clattery Fall-esque drum tumbles (‘Parrot’), Slits-y female backing yelps (‘Bored In Belgium’) and in epically swirly closer ‘I Say What I See’ boast one of the best songs driven only by a girl tunefully whooping “Awoo!” repeatedly ever. Good enough for you, Adam?
Jamie Fullerton
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