I decided to have another pop at a CD with a robotic theme. Quite simple cover artwork but showing multiple robot devices (that's a tick in the robot box) by a band called Age Of Jets (tick in the box for retro) with the title Go Go Gadget Pop (tick in the techy title box). So almost a full house before I had even considered the track titles, they just added to the appeal.
Go Go Gadget Pop starts with the rockingly catchy lo-fi indie meets electro Beast With A Billion Eyes, a song which throws nearly every trick into the mix. It seems to last longer than its 3mins 36seconds, not in a bad way but in a maintains-the-interest good way. For The Love Of An Eskimo melts the diversity for a slightly more ponderous indie ditty, on my first play that's when I began to worry as Fun Führer drops us further into fairly straightforward guitar-based indie. My hopes for robots started to disappear. Cue sad robot eyes.
Go Go Gadget Pop starts with the rockingly catchy lo-fi indie meets electro Beast With A Billion Eyes, a song which throws nearly every trick into the mix. It seems to last longer than its 3mins 36seconds, not in a bad way but in a maintains-the-interest good way. For The Love Of An Eskimo melts the diversity for a slightly more ponderous indie ditty, on my first play that's when I began to worry as Fun Führer drops us further into fairly straightforward guitar-based indie. My hopes for robots started to disappear. Cue sad robot eyes.
However, much to my relief Peter And Sarah and then the explosive RPM pulled the journey back into indie-with-keyboards territory. Robotman instantly hooks you and towards the end launches into an unexpected Stereolab-like moment of joy, there's perfectly enough low-grade circuitry to satisfy my craving for music for automatons. "Listen to the robotman!" indeed.
I'm not sure if I am starting to have a breakdown but, to me, Volvo somehow sounds like Belle & Sebastian recreating a student disco version of Kraftwerk's Autobahn, it is kind of familiar yet slightly warped. The indie-guitar feel returns with Popstars, a sweary and shouty song about copulation Experience Goes A Long Way plus Photos Of Dead Pets. There's a final return to robotworld on Stormtrooper and then the album ends.
Go Go Gadget Pop is a mixed console of indie-pop, I found some of the production a little rough in places but there's enough underlying charm and variety to please the listener. Some decent tunes too. They get a bonus point for releasing this through the wonderfully brilliant Damaged Goods Records.
Top Tracks: Beast With A Billion Eyes, RPM, Robotman
Verdict: Pass - at times they may be dirty little robots, but they're still robots.
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