Labels: self released
Review by: Andy Malcolm
When I hear a demo like this, it makes me wonder just how much music is out there that I’d fall in love with, if just given a chance. Because a band puts out a CDR and gives it to 9 of their friends and then disappears, how rude of them! Not that Little Lungs have disappeared or anything, just that I wouldn’t even know who they were unless I had stumbled over Tin Kitchen, and clicked on a few links and wound up on Little Lungs Myspace page.
This seven track demo is mostly short songs, around two and a half minutes at most, but I was instantly hooked in. It’s mussy, scruffy indie rock, off-key female vocals, bouncy melodies and sneaky bass, ho yeah! Top notch. Anklebiter? Lovesick? Superchunk? Little Lungs are lost somewhere in the middle of that shambolic tussle, probably they crawl out of the bottom of it leaving those other three to get on with it. The music sways and creaks, it’s held together with a staple or maybe a bit of chewing gum. It’s unfathomly endearing and the exact kind of guitar cranking indie rock that I am more than happy to listen to quite a lot. They even have a geocities website. And this was recorded a day before my birthday. Happy birthday! Plus Salinas is going to release their 7″. I got ya seal of approval right there. GOOD WORK, BAND!