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Cherryade is over the moon to present its very special 38th release, the 2nd album by the truly eggstraordinary Lovely Eggs! Described as unhinged, strange, bizarre, cuckoo and howling mad; but with a growing army of fans including Radio One s Huw Stephens and Art Brut's Eddie Argos you'd be crazy not to fall in love with their underground grunge-pop sound. Inspired by everyday life, coupled with a fierce ethos that music should be about magic and art and feeling and fun, the Lancashire duo have more in common with writer Richard Brautigan & artist David Shrigley than they do with their musical peers. Occasionally satirical and often surreal The Lovely Eggs won't deliver a straight forward love song to your door, instead you ll be taken on a journey into Holly & David s world where there are no seatbelts! Receiving airplay from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley, Rob Da Bank, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe & John Kennedy, The Lovely Eggs have recorded sessions for BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music & XFM. Last year the pair were invited to perform 5 shows at SXSW in Austin Texas, where they also recorded with legendary cult musician and artist Jad Fair. The band have enjoyed press from Artrocker Magazine, The Guardian, Maximum Rock and Roll & Everett True. Their debut album If You Were Fruit ranked in the top 40 records of 2009 by Artrocker and was nominated for XFM's Debut Album of the Year . In the last 2 years the band have played hundreds of gigs around the UK, USA & Europe supporting the likes of Shonen Knife, The Slits, The Television Personalities & Eddie Argos as well as a 2 month tour of America. Also festival appearances at The Secret Garden Party, Shambala, Solfest & Beatherder. The Lovely Eggs have become well known for their live performances and have played everywhere from Amsterdam squats and Los Angeles scrap yards to steam trains in Ripley and charity shops in Leeds. Cob Dominos is a truly wonderful and unique album, delivering all of the quirky charm and sonic thrills we ve come to expect from a band who have continued to go from strength to strength and cement their reputation as one of the most genuinely exciting and essential bands around today. It is like no other album you will hear this, or any other, year, and is a fitting testament to a band whose imagination and creativity seems to know no bounds. You won't hear another band like this anywhere between now and the end of the Millennium. The Lovely Eggs are just brilliant! Huw Stephens, Radio 1.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I thought that the first lovely eggs long player was good and had flashes of brilliance, but Cob Dominos is a whole other deal. For me this is a classic album that's likely to be right up there with the very best long players you've ever heard. The Eggs sound more confident, more polished, and have managed that rare trick of keeping quality control super-high whilst still sounding experimental. This is a CD that is by turns rocks, is poignant, and is very very funny (I wanted to say 'and not silly at all' but then I listened to 'Muhammad Ali and his friends' again and realised I really couldn't get away with it).
From the opening industrial guitar grind of `Minibus' it becomes clear that this is a quality album. At times reminiscent of a strangely inverted White Stripes (e.g. `Hey Scraggletooth'), the noisier tracks are well crafted such that they never grate, and are well interspersed with the joyous bonkers-ness of tracks like 'People are tw*ts' ("want to fly from this frustration, think I'll take up aviation"), with novelty songs on serious issues (see for example 'Panic Plants' - a school-yard sing-along that somehow manages to be uplifting about obsessive-compulsive disorder) and with some incredibly touching quieter songs that might just stay with you for life ('F*ck it', 'Mexico won't make you smile'). The whimsy is still there (there's an electric kazoo on at least one track) but somehow it never dominates and only adds to the impression that this might just be one of the finest albums you'll ever listen to.
Main reason to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
Main reason not to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
You have been warned!
From the opening industrial guitar grind of `Minibus' it becomes clear that this is a quality album. At times reminiscent of a strangely inverted White Stripes (e.g. `Hey Scraggletooth'), the noisier tracks are well crafted such that they never grate, and are well interspersed with the joyous bonkers-ness of tracks like 'People are tw*ts' ("want to fly from this frustration, think I'll take up aviation"), with novelty songs on serious issues (see for example 'Panic Plants' - a school-yard sing-along that somehow manages to be uplifting about obsessive-compulsive disorder) and with some incredibly touching quieter songs that might just stay with you for life ('F*ck it', 'Mexico won't make you smile'). The whimsy is still there (there's an electric kazoo on at least one track) but somehow it never dominates and only adds to the impression that this might just be one of the finest albums you'll ever listen to.
Main reason to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
Main reason not to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
You have been warned!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Holly and David, The Lovely Eggs, have created another wonderful album in "Cob Dominos" that is just as lo-fi DIY indie as the first album and as full of charm, originality & great tunes too. There are two anthemic tracks to rival "Digital Accordion" (from the previous offering) in "Don't Look At Me" and "F**k It". Not to take anything away from all the other wonderfully brilliant barmy tracks, each of which has its own appeal and Eggie loveliness. If you're new to the band this album will be a great introduction. If you know them already, you'll love this. The Lovely Eggs, a national treasure in the making.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
I thought that the first lovely eggs long player was good and had flashes of brilliance, but Cob Dominos is a whole other deal. For me this is a classic album that's likely to be right up there with the very best long players you've ever heard. The Eggs sound more confident, more polished, and have managed that rare trick of keeping quality control super-high whilst still sounding experimental. This is a CD that is by turns rocks, is poignant, and is very very funny (I wanted to say 'and not silly at all' but then I listened to 'Muhammad Ali and his friends' again and realised I really couldn't get away with it).
From the opening industrial guitar grind of `Minibus' it becomes clear that this is a quality album. At times reminiscent of a strangely inverted White Stripes (e.g. `Hey Scraggletooth'), the noisier tracks are well crafted such that they never grate, and are well interspersed with the joyous bonkers-ness of tracks like 'People are tw*ts' ("want to fly from this frustration, think I'll take up aviation"), with novelty songs on serious issues (see for example 'Panic Plants' - a school-yard sing-along that somehow manages to be uplifting about obsessive-compulsive disorder) and with some incredibly touching quieter songs that might just stay with you for life ('F*ck it', 'Mexico won't make you smile'). The whimsy is still there (there's an electric kazoo on at least one track) but somehow it never dominates and only adds to the impression that this might just be one of the finest albums you'll ever listen to.
Main reason to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
Main reason not to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
You have been warned!
From the opening industrial guitar grind of `Minibus' it becomes clear that this is a quality album. At times reminiscent of a strangely inverted White Stripes (e.g. `Hey Scraggletooth'), the noisier tracks are well crafted such that they never grate, and are well interspersed with the joyous bonkers-ness of tracks like 'People are tw*ts' ("want to fly from this frustration, think I'll take up aviation"), with novelty songs on serious issues (see for example 'Panic Plants' - a school-yard sing-along that somehow manages to be uplifting about obsessive-compulsive disorder) and with some incredibly touching quieter songs that might just stay with you for life ('F*ck it', 'Mexico won't make you smile'). The whimsy is still there (there's an electric kazoo on at least one track) but somehow it never dominates and only adds to the impression that this might just be one of the finest albums you'll ever listen to.
Main reason to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
Main reason not to buy:
It's full of songs with incredibly catchy hooks that might just stay with you forever.
You have been warned!
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i bought this cos of the other three reviews and cos it was somehow recommended along with the Ramones well ive gotta tell u it stinks i ve heard better on play days young... Read more
Published 4 months ago by metalicas maximus
Watermelons
I'm going to make those watermelons make you smile.....
The best album I've heard for years. See them live, too...
The best album I've heard for years. See them live, too...
Published 14 months ago by S. Williams
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