"Have supported Gomez and Space!" Straw's press release cheerfully reports, and we shudder with trepidation. However, 'The Aeroplane Song' comes on like Blur doing a Lufthansa advert, with a tickly, 'Penny Lane' piano bit and more hooks than a meat locker. A charming, if cloud-fluffy effort, and preposterously daft to boot. There's even a strange interlude in which vocalist Mattie Bennett displays linguistic versatility uncommon to largely inconsequential guitar bands from Bristol by singing in German. Respect, if for no other reason than that they have a man named Duck playing keyboards. |