Kids in Cars - Blimey, Crumbs [EP]

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August 6, 2009, 06:11 PM

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Kids in Cars. Indie pop rock. Leicester. More information than that is hard to come by, even in these crazy days of the Google and Yahoo wars. It seems Kids In Cars have been knocking about since back in '07 and have recently had a line up change, adding a couple of new faces.

That is not pertinent to this mini EP of three songs though as they weren't on it. The people who were, kick things off with 'Lord of the Land' and it is very palatable. It was about the thirty second mark that I found myself checking their MySpace again. Nope, not Portland. Not Seattle. Not BFF's with Death Cab for Cutie, they really are from Leicester (Hinckley actually, if that sort of thing bothers you). An easy little intro leads us into singer James Stafford's opening salvo of cleverly abstract sentiments that could mean pretty much anything but sound nice so, who cares? They aren't afraid of taking their time over a song with occasional borderline Radiohead guitar breaks and pained whooing and chopping things up some before the safe return of melody.

On to 'So it Goes' and they are in a far bouncier mood with a contemporary indie sound coming to the fore. This is much more of a shot at the Maccabees, Rumble Strips et al market and it stands a pretty decent chance actually.

Last song 'Anything & Everything' clocks in at five minutes and forty nine seconds, which is about five minutes longer than the average persons attention span, so that was a bold move for starters (erm, or finishers as the case may be). We get some heavier guitars right from the outset and again, with the wounded wolf wails that don't actually grate as much as you might imagine. It's actually a nice, listenable tune, as they all are- in fact.

I don't know if only putting three songs on the EP was down to money issues or they were merely focusing on core strengths. If it was a case of the latter then they picked three strong songs that have enough going on in them to keep you coming back for another listen. Everything is in place, the timing is spot on and the sound is as clean as anything you are likely to hear in the charts so hats off on that score. Worth a punt.

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