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Cob Dominos

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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!

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.

Brimming over with oodles of charm this cd tickles you in all the right places. Songs are presented in an interesting variety of ways, offering daft observations and comments on everyday life, coming as a pleasing antidote to the fast paced world where people are in too much of a hurry to stop, look, listen and laugh.

I'm going to make those watermelons make you smile.....
The best album I've heard for years. See them live, too...