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Shopping - Consumer Complaints

Review by Noel Gardner

None of Shopping appear to be musical virtuosos, but collectively they harness the power of simplicity.»

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'Consumer Complaints' is a thrilling 13-track trolley dash down the aisles of snake-hipped, groove riding, tough talking, life-loving post-punk funk. Propulsive bass lines, cardboard-box drumming, polyrhythmic guitars, gobbledygook, chit-chat, needle-sharp witticisms and a hell of a bellow from Trash Kit's Rachel Aggs makes for an edifying concoction. With influences stretching from New York post-punk to quintessentially British Messthetics and early Rough Trade singles - This is the sound of ESG and the Au Pairs flogging Seiko watches on Portobello Road with Anne Robinson.
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