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Moonkat

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Label: Release Date: 17/10/2000

jmoore by James Moore October 17th, 2000

Confused Lo-FiIndiePopRock from Oxford's Moonkat.

The quartet (two boys/two gerls) have got very mixed influences, the likes of

Sonic Youth, Urusei Yatsura and Sleater-Kinney stand beside Angelica, Kenickie

and bis. Instead of choosing which band they should imitate they've decided to

mix it up a bit and create a fresh new sound.

The lead track 'Weeble' features some noisy Sonic Youth inspired spiky

guitars and intense drumming. As well as some straightforward Kenickie-like

lyrics hoarsely sung by Emma in a Marijne van der Vlugt manner. **'Merry Go

Round' is pretty much the same kind of thing but Emma's vocals are even poorer. On the last track **'Fuje' they drop the vocals and end up with

a long winded intro to a Sonic Youth song. The song has potential to be great but they stop it

before it can grow into an epic.

They show a lot of promise, if Emma's vocals improve they'd be

fantastic.  

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