A
gig
held at The Fleece
on Saturday 26th February. The event starts at 20:00.
John the mod presents another evening of excellent 60s tunes, with Schnauser providing the live music around 10pm.
Schnauser is not the sort of name you would normally associate with a psychedelic pop combo but then on the evidence of their second album, "The Sound of Meat" (SMILE40) this Bristol three-piece sound a thoroughly perverse and mischievous bunch. Sure the music hints at sunshine pop reminiscent of 60s British psychedelia, XTC/Dukes of Stratosphear, Todd Rundgren, Field Music and 10cc and is full of clever ideas, super harmonies and intricate (sometimes too intricate) chord and time signature changes.
However the delicious twist, dear reader is in the somewhat macabre and unsettling lyrical content which betrays a dark and occasionally potty-mouthed underbelly revealing all manner of creepy-crawlies in the flowers. Tracks such as'Cosmic Ordering Service', 'Twins of Evil', 'Nobody Loves Me', the bizarre and wonderful'World of Wimsy' and'Everything is Nice' prove that along with fabulous melodies the band possesses a sharp wit and a keen eye for the absurd. This one's a bit of a snake in the psychedelic Eden and it appeals a lot.