Eugene McGuinness, a twenty-two year old troubadour based in Liverpool, has unleashed "Moscow State Circus", a single from his self-titled début album. Playful, infectious and fidgety, the track manages the rather impressive feat of being taut and compact yet gleefully all over the place.
McGuinness' ringmaster-esque, booming vocals, full of gravitas and verve, announce his bizarre lyrics like he's welcoming the human cannonball into the ring. The music sounds rich, substantial but poppy - piano, drums, and all manner of guitars compete for the ascendency - and the lyrics veer wildly between surreal lunacy - "And remember not to forget/That I am as subtle and as playful/As a hammer headed shark/But I could name you every service station/On the M6 off by heart" - and slightly surprising profanity - "It's all a bloody jambouree/This banger carries me up and away/Couldn't give a flying fuck/What the old Parkonians say".
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I'm not entirely sure what it's all about, to be honest. But it's fun, silly and eccentrically daft.
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