Joyrobber - You Need To Stop Doing This

 

This is quite a discovery. A solo affair from a paper bag wearing individual from Devizes, what could go wrong? There is a really interesting back story that you can read on his Bandcamp page, but You Need To Stop Doing This is inspired.

It is right up our street, the sort of slightly angular intelligent Indie that we adore, mixed with a little bit of DIY Weezer, a little Billy Bragg and a slight hint of Folk. You have to hear the 7 songs to believe how good this is as normally you would step away from the cookie jar.

There is real lyrical adeptness and wit, but away from the words this feller can write and play. There are some wonderful arrangement, hypnotic choruses, engaging riffs and particularly great solos. Out of the strange comes the splendid.

You'll have heard Jeremy Kyle on this week's Listening To This Week Playlist and compare that all together now joy to the magnificent Requiem For My Car Window, a sort of slower Blur affair that is a superb storytelling affair that is as great guitar wise as it is lyrically.

I Didn't Want Your Stupid Job Anyway is up there with any Slacker Rock song that you care to name. Awks is built around a killer riff, On and On (and On and On) is hypnotic Brit Pop. The album caught me completely by surprise and I recommend it to all.

You can listen to and buy the album here.

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