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Format:Audio CD
Come on now! Let's face it I couldn't NOT write a few words about this one!
Betty & The Werewolves, even though it is clearly apparent that they aren't
wolves (wolves don't eat a great deal of cake) and that there is, in fact, nobody
called 'Betty' in the group have, despite these self-evident inaccuracies,
produced a highly entertaining debut album.
B&TW are three young ladies and a gentleman from London. Laura sings and
plays "boogie" bass; Emily plays guitar and sings too; Helen plays more guitar
and cheap electric keyboards and Doug manages the drums.
The band's sound is thin and frothy in a punky-popish kind of way. The tunes
are simple, the playing is rudimentary and the vocals are a bit hit and miss
but somehow this strange little quartet manage to kick out a good deal of
very nice fidgety energy into the listening world. They have found inspiration
in the music of the sixties. The girl's frocks and hairdos also bear witness to
their immersion in the finer details of that ribald and revolutionary decade.
There are fourteen tracks on 'Tea Time Favorites' and none of them lasts very long.
They spin in and out of consciousness like rabbits running across a meadow.
Everyone strums and bashes for all they're worth on opening track 'Euston Station'.
It sets a brisk and perky pace for the rest of the album. You can almost hear
the crackling static of swirling polyester!
Truth-be-told the compositional formula is pretty relentless but it's hard not
to like them. There's a cultivated naivety and reckless enthusiasm running
through the project which it is very difficult not to be swept along by.
When the ensemble relaxes a tad they can come up with something a bit more
substantial and richly-textured but it doesn't happen very often. Final track
'Hyacinth Girl' is about as close as things get to a ballad and it's a particularly
lovely one, full of jingly-jangly guitar and summer-of-love harmonies.
'Good As Gold' is a well-crafted song which switches between sweet-as-honey
and out of control roller-coaster several times during its course. Mr Doug finds
just the right big back-beat to pin the period decorations to the wall.
'David Cassidy' is a busy, bustling (and very funny) song with more words
crammed into its borders than a Victoria Line tube train at rush hour!
'Werewolves', as befits its title, is a somewhat weightier affair. The staccato
rhythm and nicely clumsy guitar decorations are a hoot (or a howl if you wish!)
The highly compressed two-minute piece of mayhem 'Plastic' finds the
ensemble at their energetically cheesy best. Mad as a box of frogs!
I have little doubt that B&TW would scrub up well in a live context.
The vivid simplicity of their music would doubtless go down a storm.
'Tea Time Favorites' is a rough-and-ready little gem.
I find myself hoping that the band never gets a final polish.
Recommended
Betty & The Werewolves, even though it is clearly apparent that they aren't
wolves (wolves don't eat a great deal of cake) and that there is, in fact, nobody
called 'Betty' in the group have, despite these self-evident inaccuracies,
produced a highly entertaining debut album.
B&TW are three young ladies and a gentleman from London. Laura sings and
plays "boogie" bass; Emily plays guitar and sings too; Helen plays more guitar
and cheap electric keyboards and Doug manages the drums.
The band's sound is thin and frothy in a punky-popish kind of way. The tunes
are simple, the playing is rudimentary and the vocals are a bit hit and miss
but somehow this strange little quartet manage to kick out a good deal of
very nice fidgety energy into the listening world. They have found inspiration
in the music of the sixties. The girl's frocks and hairdos also bear witness to
their immersion in the finer details of that ribald and revolutionary decade.
There are fourteen tracks on 'Tea Time Favorites' and none of them lasts very long.
They spin in and out of consciousness like rabbits running across a meadow.
Everyone strums and bashes for all they're worth on opening track 'Euston Station'.
It sets a brisk and perky pace for the rest of the album. You can almost hear
the crackling static of swirling polyester!
Truth-be-told the compositional formula is pretty relentless but it's hard not
to like them. There's a cultivated naivety and reckless enthusiasm running
through the project which it is very difficult not to be swept along by.
When the ensemble relaxes a tad they can come up with something a bit more
substantial and richly-textured but it doesn't happen very often. Final track
'Hyacinth Girl' is about as close as things get to a ballad and it's a particularly
lovely one, full of jingly-jangly guitar and summer-of-love harmonies.
'Good As Gold' is a well-crafted song which switches between sweet-as-honey
and out of control roller-coaster several times during its course. Mr Doug finds
just the right big back-beat to pin the period decorations to the wall.
'David Cassidy' is a busy, bustling (and very funny) song with more words
crammed into its borders than a Victoria Line tube train at rush hour!
'Werewolves', as befits its title, is a somewhat weightier affair. The staccato
rhythm and nicely clumsy guitar decorations are a hoot (or a howl if you wish!)
The highly compressed two-minute piece of mayhem 'Plastic' finds the
ensemble at their energetically cheesy best. Mad as a box of frogs!
I have little doubt that B&TW would scrub up well in a live context.
The vivid simplicity of their music would doubtless go down a storm.
'Tea Time Favorites' is a rough-and-ready little gem.
I find myself hoping that the band never gets a final polish.
Recommended
Format:Audio CD
A brilliant pop album full of great tunes and sparkle. Highly recommended, and well worth the money for the hilarious lyrics alone.
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
We bought this album on the strength of the cover art alone - I know, not always a wise idea, but in this case we lucked in. It is a corker! First impressions were of "We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It", then perhaps a female version of "The Jesus and Mary Chain" on speed. Whatever the comparisons, either way, it's absolutely fantastic. If only somebody could tell me what they were singing about! I don't advise driving when listening to this though - at about 160bpm, I ended up driving rather fast and enjoying myself too much! "The Party" and "Heathcliff" are so good, they should carry a health warning! What other adoration can I throw this way? Well, it's Album of the Year in our house at the moment, and probably ranks up alongside "The Wombats" and "Operator Please" for shear playability. So good in fact, that I simply had to write a review on Amazon. Go - buy this CD and I guarantee that you will enjoy it.
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