Tuesday, February 18, 2025

New broom (Minisnap) (LP 3225)

Minisnap  Bounce Around (CD, Tall Texan Records, 2007, rereleased 2023) ****  

GenreNZ Music, indie-pop 

Places I remember: Flying Nun

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Innocent

Gear costume: Leave It To You

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: When I first listened to this
 it sounded quite indie rocky for a start - so it reminded me of The Beths a bit, then the Dunedin jaggly indie-pop sound predominated and I wondered if Look Blue Go Purple had reconstituted themselves. Both of those bands I love, so this album was already off to a flyer!

I was kind of on the right lines. It's The Bats, without main man Robert Scott. I also love The Bats!

Minisnap is roughly The Bats with lead guitarist Kaye Woodward taking over vocals and writing duties.

Those first three songs were all great and third song - Innocent, has a killer riff.

I love everything about this album - the off kilter song development, the non-polished vocals (reminded me a bit of The Marine Girls sound with Tracey Thorn), the beaty pulse. Every song was terrific - no downside. 


Where do they all belong? The Bats are coming when we get to T.

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