Twisted Charm are from a 4 piece punk band based in Finsbury Park, North London . They sound like a throw-back to 1976.
This is their third single with the A + B sides together lasting less than 5 minutes. The general theme is that modern life is rubbish. The record sleeve pictures rows of identical executive bungalows.
'Boring Lifestyles' targets the dull workaday routine where even an away-day at the English seaside doesn't break the rut. Its b-side (Happy Alone) is a misanthropic lament.
The record company blurb lay it on a bit thick in describing their lyrics like "finished school, find a job, working from 9 to 5" as "astute and concisely observed social commentary".
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The jerky rhythms spiced up with whacky sax has a certain madcap energy to back Nathan Doom's whiney vocals. But the voice is as monotonous as the subject matter and just sounds snide when an angrier tone would have made this something more than punk rock by numbers.
Could do better.
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