The Oxford, England based lads have nerdy roots steming from Yannis Philippakis (vocals/guitar) and Jack Bevan's (drums) former math-rock band The Edmund Fitzgerald. Jimmy Smith (guitar), Walter Gervers (bass), and Edwin Congreave (keyboard) have been playing together under their baby-horse moniker since 2005.
Their cd opens with "The French Open" using lyrics from a Lacoste commercial and supposedly during an interview they revealed that it is about Andy Roddick not being able to win. French lyrics sung with a british accent set to guitars-- be still my heart.
I would compare their sound to their fellow Englishmen, Bloc Party (who they are rumored to have gotten into a brawl for after someone made racist remarks to Kele at a show), but they do not rely so heavily upon electronic sounds and don't have jarring music breaks.
1)The French Open – 3:46
2)Cassius – 3:50
3)Red Socks Pugie – 5:09
4)Olympic Airways – 4:19
5)Electric Bloom – 4:55
6)Balloons – 3:01
7)Heavy Water – 4:32
8)Two Steps, Twice – 4:39
9)Big Big Love (Fig. 2) – 5:47
10)Like Swimming – 1:58
11)Tron – 4:48
Sounds like: Pinback, Bloc Party, TV on the Radio
Labels: Transgressive Records-UK& Sub-pop-US
The album art doesn't do justice to this CD at all. I understand the mouth with the abstract bits, but its...boring and more than a little creepy.
ps- what is "math rock"?? thats what their bio called it.
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