If ever an album came packed with surprises, it’s Opposite Sex’s eponymous debut. The first couple of tracks, ‘ La Rat’ and ‘Sea Shanty’ – both of which have been released as singles – are neatly crafted and poppy, albeit approached from very different angles, suggesting that Opposite Sex might have a few tricks up their sleeves. And they most certainly do: the explosively spasmodic math-punk of ‘Mary Lu’ heads off on entirely different tangent, and the edgy New Wave sound of ‘Dada Creep’ sounds like a lost cult classic.
There’s a real energy that crackles through the urgent ‘Vague Notion’, the vocals losing in the battle for supremacy with the piston-like percussion and doodly, tube-crunched guitar, while ‘Master/Slave’ is spectacularly schizophrenic and is dark, noisy and weird, and at the same time joyously poppy and brilliantly bouncy. How can this be?
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Never mind the mechanics, ‘Opposite Sex’ is an exciting album, bursting with ideas and, in places, ragged noise that contrast and compliment the chirpy indie pop. A real gem of a record.
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