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Being Euros' first solo album it is only possible to compare his music to that of Gorkys, if you think it necessary. Chops is brimming with ideas and creativity. Euros seems to be having a lot of fun at times. This is nice to see as Gorkys latest recordings seemed to hint that they were being made whilst the musicians were thinking of other things. although they were great records, mind.
The music sometimes sounds familiar. 'My Country Girl' shows up Euros' occasional dabbling with country music - 'Heart of Kentucky' sprung to mind when I heard it. Also there's a wonderful droning build-up to 'First Time I Saw You', reminiscent of 'Pretty as a Bee' but with more going on. The song is based on four plodding notes on a battered organ Euros found in a skip. It's a real highlight on the album.
Euros' wonderfully personal understanding of melody is present here in abundance too. When he wants to write a really pleasant catchy tune there's very few people that can equal him. 'Costa Rica' has that sparse brilliance of 'Catrin', just vocals and piano with a simple beat. 'Dawnsio Dros y Mor' really impresses though. A confident, catchy, easy-going pop song. Which is a good way to describe the single released from the album, Donkey Island, a kitch sea-side escapade into the secret lives of donkeys (!).
There aren't enough full songs on the album though really, it's a touch short. 30 second oddities don't count I think, of which there are a few. I don't really get 'Slip Slip Away' and 'Billy the Seagull' - brief, nonsensical strangeness. Maybe others do. But this is nit-picking and anyway that's what's so endearing about Euros' Childs' music. You don't know what you're likely to be listening to in four minutes time, and more often than not you're thinking this is up there with some of the best music i've heard. This is a great buy in its own right, but also serves as a mouth-watering taster for the next album by the fantastic Gorkys Zygotic Mynci.
Luckily for us though, this album at times reaches the dizzy hieghts of Spanish Dance Troop. Donkey Island is at least as fun and catchy and Poodle Rocking, Costa Rica (the albums highlight) is as sweet as Spanish Dance Troops title track and Hi Mewn Socasau equals the power of Desolation Blues. However the album also contains the understated, mournful nature of The Blue Trees ep, with Surf Rage and Circus Time harking back to the mood of that EP. Unfortunantly, much like Gruff Rhys (lead singer of SFA) recent solo album, some ideas seem half baked. The album is short, and though some tracks are all the better for there short length, stella is a pigmy, which is seperated into 3 songs, has a fantastic tune which is never dwelt on for more than a few seconds. Fleshed out this song could have been truely classic.
Still, if you want a simple, sweet listen, i can't recommend this album more. Its brevity is a nice contrast to the fantastic but over long Sleep Holiday and hopefully indicates what the sound of the next Gorky album might be!
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