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What is “math-rock”? This seemingly pervasive musical description/genre is a curious term and to the uninitiated could conjure up the sight of a) gawky fellas making tunes on abacuses or b) bearded Scottish men in lumberjack shirts pratting around with soft metal and funny time signatures. You see, it’s a daft term and one which You Slut!’s press release makes rather pained reference to. This Midlands quartet play what can be described as instrumental-pop-metal, with not a vocal in sight but plenty of buggering about with, yes, funny time signatures. Whilst this on paper all sounds rather ghastly, You Slut! get around this potential problem by not taking themselves particularly seriously (the name and the song titles alone are delightfully daft) and crafting a mini-album which is high on thrills and high on many unexpectedly catchy moments.
The first thing of note is the sheer technical proficiency of the whole thing – stripped of vocals one is left in appreciation of just how tight this lot are as they blast through 8 songs of jawbreaking riffs, ridiculous drumming and plenty of playfulness and creativity of song structure. This would all be a waste if the songs themselves weren’t worth listening to – and most of them are. YS! burst with melodic riffage in the Tom Morello mould, delivered at breakneck speed and with an appreciation of ‘what makes a good pop song’ buried underneath. The first single, MyBloodyJesusExplorerOnFire is a mighty and rather beautiful blast of shoegaze meets Slayer and displays that underneath their contrasting daftness/guitar geek shtick they have the potential to appeal to a wider audience. What on initial listening sounds like the workings of a naff in-joke, You Slut! could actually be one of British rock music’s most interesting newcomers.
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