Ian St George's debut solo album is an unexpected diamond. I like to think I know everything about everything, but this caught me completely by surprise. It is very much in touch with the new wave of Power Pop, a slightly more aggressive version of the verse chorus and guitar break,
Having said that Kimberley is classic Power Pop and Everything Goes Wrong is a UK late 70s New Wave version of the genre. But there is much more inside than just that. Waste My Time even goes into the period that ran up to Brit Pop, a little Lemonheads maybe.
Yet Goin' Down borders on Garage Rock, a much aggressive sped up vibe. Much more Indie, wonderfully so. yet Anytime At All is all Jangle Pop and Polymorphia is a great take on 90s noisy US College Rock, the anti-venom to the sheer miserableness of Grunge.
California's is Fuzz Rock of the highest quality with a driving rhythm track and a vocal that is aggressive C86, right in your face. But the Pop Rock fares equally well. No One Really Knows is a cracking Pop song that mixes in Psych Pop and Jangle with big shades of a rocked up early Teenage Fanclub.
Angel Flowers Hiking Song has a chaotic feel to it, but is a great opener. There's also a great Lo-Fi take on Guided By Voices' How I Loft Am I? that breaks out splendidly. It sounds purposely scratchy, compared to the production of the rest of the album.
The five piece lock together beautifully, never more so on the magnificent Dreamer in all its nigh on 7 glorious minutes. Instrumental, apart from the added audio commentary. It is mesmerising Alt Rock that edges towards Psych. Hypnotic and jawdroppingly great, stunning. What a great listen Emergency Index is.
You can listen to and buy the album here. The album is available on Vinyl, a Super Deluxe Bundle that adds the CD and a T Shirt and as a download.
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