PEACE

Single review

EP Delicious

added: 20 Sep 2012 // release date: 7 Sep 2012 // label: Columbia
reviewer: Sam Bowcher

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Birmingham�s PEACE release Delicious, an EP spanning 4 songs and 21 minutes and it�s bloody good. It�s full of wonderful psychedelic alt-pop, sounds you can dance to and sounds you can reminisce to and it�s out now!

Opener Oceans Eye recalls Beach Fossils and moments of The Coral and it�s a great start to a fascinating EP. Brooding before letting the light in, the 2 and a half minutes sets the tone for an eclectic listen.

Bloodshake sounds like members of Animal Collective dating Warpaint, there�s even some Friendly Fires in there for it�s quite the hip shaking number. It maintains a lively pace throughout paving the way for such lyrics as � we�re spitting blood in the sun�. The brilliant noise at the end shouts Wu Lyf.

California Daze is simply lovely evoking memories of a lost love or a summer romance, the Beatles-eque harmonies and longing guitar solo will make this a crowd favourite and already has bloggers in a stir of praise. �Oh she tastes like sunlight and she�s always going to be there in the back of your mind�

Closer 1998 (Delicious) stands at 10 minutes long and reminds us of tripping MGMT. it�s worth persisting with as the track builds to a frenetic pace which in a live environment you can imagine creates quite the scene. It�s out there in the way Smashing Pumpkins Gish was out there.

This is an ambitious EP, full of great pop and alt-rock, it�s wild in the terrain it covers and leaves us fascinated as to what will come next. Spin it!

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