This 5 track ep is the band's debut release, a vehicle for the barbed wit and die hard punk ethics of ex-Notsensibles guitarist Stephen Hartley. The other parts of the threesome are Karl Eden on bass and Bish Davies on drums.
It's a disc of two halves. Part playful and shouty, part tuneful and subtle.
In the the first three tracks Good Job Proper Job , John's Favourites and the title track, the band sound like a rowdy cross between 'The Buzzcocks' and 'Half Man Half Biscuit'. The scorn for 9 to 5 conventions contained within may not win points for originality but the solid philosophy like "Art is good for the soul/ And so is rock and roll' bears repeating.
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The pace eases for the eps best track - an altogether mellower and more melodic song (Water In The Pond). Here the self deprecating reflections ("We're British / Doesn't it show? / Repression in word and deed') hit the mark by being delivered less stridently and shows off Hartley's song writing ability at its best.
This and a Hank Marvin meets Dick Dale instrumental (George's Brother) show a band with aspirations to be more than just 3 chord wonders.
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