Soft
suburban psych-pop! The Broncos celebrate a day in the life of an
average everyday misfit.
Following
on from last summer's super single, Clarifoil, the Broncos are back
with a three track EP which further showcases their mastery of mid
'60s mod-meets-art-school guitar pop. With a sound that channels The
Kinks, The Move, The Iveys and early-Jam, the lead track Time Waits
For Norman catalogues a day in the life of suburban oddball Norman
as he negotiates life's petty frustrations.
In
the tradition of sweetly observational English psychedlia, it
celebrates the oddness in the ordinary. In much the same way as The
Small Faces' Lazy Sunday Afternoon references Mrs. Jones and her
Bert's lumbago, here we get fizzy pop, corner shops and small talk
with the neighbours. It may also be the only pop song to ever mention
chicken paste. As with all the Bronco Bullfrog releases there's a
keen ear for period detail, right down to the studio phasing and
Beatle George-ish guitar break.
Rocking Horse Mender,
the EP's other original track, has a more melancholic bent and pays
homage to a lost age of innocence and the joys of a simple wooden toy
while Listen To The Sky is a spirited cover of a Sands B-side. Sands
being a short-lived psych-pop band who only ever released the one
single. No doubt an original copy of said disc would fetch a small
fortune on Ebay. For those of us with diminished purchase power this
lovely three track EP will more than suffice.
Released by Fruits De
Mer Records on limited edition coloured vinyl.
Click here for more on
Fruits De Mer Records.
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