Single Review: What Would Jesus Drive – Fragile Mansions
It was with joy that I opened my post this morning to find the latest offering from What Would Jesus Drive, quickly followed by increasing frustration as I struggled to free the CD from its plastic prison. The CD, you see, came in what appeared to be a sealed plastic case with a bizarre internal arm. It turned out after several minutes of scratching my head and kicking the cat, that when pressed the arm levered the CD out of an ultra thin opening in one side. With the CD now liberated and my stress levels dropping I settled down to enjoy ‘Fragile Mansions’, the third EP from the electro punk quartet. In a classic case of understanding their audience WWJD don’t fuck about, they deliver more of what we love them for; spiky electro pop punk with sassy lyrics and a shed load of attitude. Of the four tracks, title track ‘Fragile Mansions’ is as catchy and pogo inducing as it gets as they kick against authority; ‘if we can’t do what we want / we won’t do anything / these are happy days that we live in’ but it’s ‘Dirty Week’ that stands out for me. A bit edgier, the band come across as bunch of grumpy old sods as they rail against suburban life ‘It’s been a dirty old week and things don’t get much better’ spits Tim to stabbing guitars. Last track ‘Victory’ is a surprising but still pleasing slow and introspective track featuring just bass guitar and Amy showing us she actually has a rather fine voice. Splendid!
Mark Cousens
Out now on Eyeseesound
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