Labels: 20 Sided
Review by: Alex Deller
Sounds like Chung Antique have taken a chill pill since the last time I heard them, the mathy jitters of ‘Go Poetry’ reined in and allowed time to stop, take stock and enjoy the scenery. True, the instrumental Faraquetisms are still intact and the band haven’t wholly lost their peppy edge, but there’s been a widening of scope and the addition of a few FX pedals along which both suggest growth and a desire to reach out beyond their own familiar territory. While that’s all well and good the results are occasionally a tad listless and things often seem hamstrung by a vague, punchless production job that robs certain moments of their dynamism, as with the bit where the feedback should be squalling through ‘Former Farmer’ instead of meekly squeaking from the sidelines. It’s a bit of a shame, really, since it’s an otherwise pleasant slice of instru-indie made for bubbling chirpily away while you whip up something in the kitchen or read a good book on a sunny day.