Two Wounded Birds - Two Wounded Birds

Pop music, take a bow. Two Wounded Birds return with their self-titled début album after releasing two singles (corkers we might add) via indie legends: Moshi Moshi. It brims in equal measure with poptastic singles and spell-binding morbidity.

The album opens with ‘Together Forever’, one of the finest opening tracks in the history of rock music. It’s The Shadows, The Ramones and The Beach Boys. It's no wonder The Drums released this album on their record label Holiday Friends Recording Company. The title kind of gives the song's content away but this doesn’t detract from Johnny Danger’s ability to profess his love. If this song had been written in 1993 you can bet your left arse cheek it would have been on the soundtrack to True Romance.

'Daddy's Junk' is in keeping with the up-tempo genius of the band, transporting you to world where Chuck Berry became Lonnie Donnegan's guitar player in a Ramones tribute band. Who said all fantasies had to start with a mullet-haired, washing machine repair man and a bored housewife?

 

Being on The Drums' record label, this album was never going to be just sweetness and light. On 'My Lonesome' they adopt Richard Hawley-esque guitars circa 'Coles Corner' to leave you feeling isolated during the wee hours in a deserted seaside town. Meanwhile, 'No Goodbye's' captures in 3minutes 38 seconds what Noah & The Whale took an album to do on 'First Day's Of Spring'. The darkness looms large like Voldermort in the clouds in the chorus:

'And yooooouuuuuuuuuuu / Don't live round here no more / And from you / And no goodbyes / No calls '. 

This really is a must buy for 2012. TWB caught everyone’s attention with Beach Boys and Dick Dale pop tunes in 2011 and have transgressed this already. The future for the Margate bunch appears to be very bright, despite the infinite sadness.


Two Wounded Birds - Two Wounded Birds is out now!