Amorality
tales from Manchester's latest rising band!
It's a brave band that
names themselves Cabbage. The associations of such a word don't do
you any favours but there is a perverse bravery in such an act, and
if the tunes and are good what's in a name? Cabbage, a band
definitely not in a vegetative state, have just released their five
track debut EP via Play And Record Records. With lyrics rich in
northern humour and mischief, bolstered by brash and bolshy guitar
riffs, they reveal themselves as a guitar band whose mission
statement is to subvert and have fun in equal measure. Their track
“Tell Me Lies About Manchester” (not on the EP though live
versions can be found on YouTube), tells you much about the city's
love/hate relationship with its musical heritage and will make you
laugh in the process.
Their skewed brand of
post-punk, pre-corporate indie-rock continues a lineage that connects
The Fall, Pavement, The Arctic Monkeys and even perhaps The Blue
Aeroplanes. The five state-of-the-nation addresses acknowledge the
absurdity of a lot of modern life, be it “Contactless Payment”,
or the comfort of “White Noise” in a Tory-run country. Readers of
school-attending age may want to opt out of listening to “Dinner
Lady” however, a frankly disturbing tale of revenge that involves
masturbation, quiche and revenge. I guess you have to listen now eh!
Check out the EP via the Bandcamp link or watch the video for lead
track “Kevin” below. I dares you!
