If people throw food at each other for fun, Fun throw genres, styles and influences at each other just for kicks, and because they can. These guys are massively playful and extremely talented.
Walking The Dog is a joyful combination of Vampire Weekend, The Beach Boys and Wheezer. However (and it’s a big one), Fun also sounds intermittently like Mika, and that for me taints what would otherwise be an incredibly enjoyable experience.
“Be Calm” cements this fear into a full blown, run for your lives, soil yourself reality. It’s the propensity for the vocals to flick up, and the theatricality of it all that reveals the monster. I’m not too sure if I’m not mistaking this Mika influence for an overblown enthusiasm, and as these guys clearly have something they deserve the benefit of the doubt…for now.
Release Date 29/03/2010 (Friends Vs Records)
I started out writing for the Manchester Evening News as a freelance journalist back in 2008. The idea that I would be given free access to music and gigs seemed somehow miraculous to me, and I proceeded to take full advantage of the situation. When the M.E.N. decided to constrict its coverage to only the very biggest bands, Simon Poole approached me with a plan to make sure that all the very talented musicians of this world that pass through and/or live in Manchester would not go unnoticed. As the New Releases editor here at Silent Radio Towers, it remains my proud duty to cast a critical eye over the music and reviews that come my way in a manner that is both supportive and fair. Above all, I strive to write as entertainingly possible. Favourite musicians include the Pixies, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mercury Rev, Os Mutantes, The Knife, Beach House etc etc. I'm a firm believer that all genres (except nu-metal) contain music of great quality...
