Thursday 27 February 2014

Review of The Mannequins ‘Boiling Point’ EP (Paisley Archive) - released on 10th March


Detour Records’ ‘Paisley Archive’ imprint is currently in top gear and top form in terms of new releases with the stonkingly good ‘Studio 68’ CD anthology out on Monday immediately followed a week later by the brand new ‘Boiling Point’ EP from Mannequins.

This EP starts in blistering form with the excellent ‘Yella Belly’ which has a flavour of 1966/67 Freakbeat about it as it bashes out a really good R&B style number with great passion and power. As you would expect from the opening track of an EP, this is A-side material, and at a little over 2-minutes long is quite punchy.

‘Mega Money City’ is a guitar led track with a throbbing bass with an overall backing track that would not be out of place on an early Weller solo LP. Another good song that already starts to show the range and diversity that Mannequins have.

Next up is ‘Sound of Silence’ (which is something it clearly (and thankfully) isn’t). It starts lightly and builds up, combining a ‘dirty’ rockabilly style riff with heavy tom-toms, before building up once again to an even more intense level. This is a seriously good song and I really, really like it a lot.

The EP finale is ‘Oh Glorious’ which starts slowly and develops into a very commercial chorus of ‘Glorious’ that I can easily imagine being chanted back to the band by the crowd after the final number as a plea for an encore.

In summary then, another great release from Detour from a band that are clearly in top form – for just £4.99 you can add another superb 2014 CD to your collection.

Detour Records Product Description: -

“Following on from Mannequins 2013 self-titled album release, Detour Records present “Boiling Point” EP.

Boiling Point is a superb collection of four tracks that sees Mannequins at their most creative period, encompassing an eclectic range of influences that are reflected in this release.

From in your face Rhythm and Blues of opening track “Yella Belly” to the sublime closing track “Oh Glorious” this captures a band that are at the top of their game.”

Track Listing:-

1 Yella Belly

2 Mega Money City

3 Sound of Silence

4 Oh Glorious

Mannequins are: -

Lee Bonington – Guitars / Keys / vocals

Chris Stevens – Guitar / vocals

Brendan Ivie – Drums

Lee Clements – Bass Guitar

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