In releasing their debut single in December, JC and the SG find themselves making a late entry into the ‘worst band name of the year’ competition, and they’re strong contenders. If it’s supposed to be a joke, it ain’t funny, and if it’s not a joke, then what the hell is wrong with these people?
It’s not nearly as bad as you might expect. Jacques yelps about reptiles being all around and sounds mildly deranged. ‘All Sorts’ sounds like The Fall trying to rip off Brian Eno’s ‘Here Come the warm Jets’ or cover Roxy Music’s ‘Virginia Plain’ without having heard the record in a few years. ‘Cadbury’s Voltaire’ is similarly warped: half pseudo-French lounge, half ‘Dragnet’ era Fall, half Squeeze... not just a glass and a half, but a song and a half, too.
Jacques Caramac and the Sweet Generation Online
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