Johnny Foriegner - Our Bipolar friends

According to the blurb this is indie rock that "point blank" refuses to adhere to trends. Really is Fractious Fierce Panda, Livid Meerkat et al traditional indie noise. The dual vocals on a-side our bipolar friends added to the fractious guitars certainly creates an atmosphere worthy of psychiatric labelling. Although the title bipolar is probably a bit inappropriate as the song is fairly unipolar musically. The intro is the most annoying part of the song: jangly sub-C80 era guitar and... well... a whiney, whiney vocal. Thankfully it improves greatly once the drums kick in. Its not a worldbeater but its a nice wee ditty nonetheless.

B-side the houseparty scene is killing you reminds me vaguely of Wire. I keep expecting to hear some "disco-esque" bass on this but none is forthcoming - I'm not sure whether this is a good or a bad thing... It's your fairly standard B-side; fair. A decent tune that could benefit from more attention but it was probably always going to be B-side fare so I can see why its just chucked on as it is.

If you like bands like Cay, Queen Adreena and the like you'll probably like this.

Our bipolar friends is released on March 10th.