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Album Review

The Loungs
We are the Champ Akoustik Anarkhy

Article written by Paul M - May 7, 2007

If you�ve ever read an interview with the Loungs you�ll already know that they�re not only one of the funniest bands on the circuit but also one of the most unpretentious. They don�t aim to be part of a scene or pigeonhole themselves through their look (dishevelled and hairy through laziness rather than design) or their music. On the brilliantly varied We are the Champ they also don�t aim to bow down to any rules about strict chord structures, instrumentation or even just using words likely to be found in a dictionary. So though one minute you might have them billed as bewhiskered psych popsters, they then turn over the tune cart by chucking in a sea shanty or salsa. For the listener, variety is indeed the spice of life.

The two marvellous singles are present; Armageddon Outta Here with its jaunty Housemartins indie pop feel and I�m Gonna Take Your Girl with its stomping brass fuelled chorus but there�s a myriad of other nuggets here that suggest the influence of Beefheart, the Damned, the Beach Boys, Madness, early XTC, and in particular the masters of English eccentricity, the Kinks. By the time you finish with the gorgeous lilting folk of In Winter Comes you�ll have tip toed through thirteen mighty morphin� masterpieces. A hirsute beaut!

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http://www.theloungs.com/