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Hearts are Antipodean Nuggets obsessives and
as such cut a pretty flop haired dash across rugs (Persian 'n' Paisley)
with heads perhaps a little too fugged up from bong sludge. They
nevertheless rip up in fine Electric Prunes, Standells stylee, with a few
interesting asides chucked in, whilst never attaining the dizzying heights
of many of that eras great tunes. Very tall order, really, the waft of
authentic 60's trip vibe hangs a bit too heavy and makes things a bit too
insipid. 'Eye Of A Lie' is The Prunes on a night out (or in, more
probably) with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and 'Green With Envy' is
rescued like a dainty damsel with a pure Psych-pop chorus from it's
concise, choppy rhythms that'd be perfectly fine, cept that Danko Jones
has already been out the back and deflowered that little honey. 'Trouble
Girl', in another life, could have seen them join the queue of
sessionistas on a Chocolate Watch Band record. But not even I can argue
with the sentiments of 'Rock'n'Roll Boys And Rock'n'Roll Girls' ('I wanna
hang with Mick and Keith / And play my guitar with my
teeth') and it does really see 'em kick 'em out the most for this record,
followed by 'Your Greed', a mod-tastic strut thru' 'Gimme Some
Lovin'' (altho' the best steal, or subconscious soundalike, is the
riff of 'Your Smile' sending The Pointer Sisters 'Jump' bouncing into your
head) where things slump in the couch a bit, eyelids start flickering
somewhat, especially with lightweight Bo Diddley as done by 'Jump In The
Night' era Flamin' Groovies '...at which point I went out to find my
RockRoll boys 'n' girls.
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