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Fight Like Apes - The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner

Review by Adam Boult

Much like Fight Like Apes' debut, ...Legs of Tina Turner is a mixed bag.»

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for follow-up album 'the body of christ and the legs of tina turner', the dublin quartet have effectively stripped things back, with a more rough-and-ready sound and with gang of four's andy gill in the producer's chair. opening track 'come on, let's talk about our feelings' sets the tone nicely: with brattish vocals, sardonic lyrics and trademark spiky synths, it builds from a subdued intro to a frenetic climax, lead singer maykay repeating the refrain "please accept our sincerest apologies' until it's nothing less than an earworm". welcome back. that's followed by 'jenny kelly', which sounds just like the fight like apes we first fell in love with, an infectious three-minute punk-pop dash with some nifty guitar.
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