Metallic Soap

EP

Three young chaps from Wimbledon sing high, play wild, live fast, love radicalism, enjoy snares, shout mantras and provoke a reaction. Clash-like aggression and refreshing honesty are smeared all over this extraordinary EP.

Lost Generation

Mr Phelps gets told what to do right from the outset, and the discipleship group is ready to damage statues, throw stones, confront dealers, be dynamic and turn up the humbuckers. Lots of energy, enjoyable singing and hearts set on seeing unbelievers turned towards the Lord.

See Your Face

Entertainingly sparce accompaniment blasts into a full-blooded chorus, probably about a female drug abuser. Catchy, memorable and trouser-tighteningly high.

I Will Follow

Ah, this is easier to fathom. Jesus calls disciples and tells them they can focus now of souls rather than soles.

Classic line ‘was a sinner, now a winner’ is so direct yet says it all – strong theology expressed in non-scholarly simplicity. Honest admittance of failure, expression of eagerness to stay on course, and an amazing angry wasp lead break – what more does a track need to contain?

Nomads of the South

Setting the band in their London context this ‘let’s keep changing the pace’ song has a slightly annoying refrain, but showcases some fine playing from the blurring fingers of lead guitarist Andy Kyte. Consider the grandeur and wisdom of ‘All the emptiness and pain Has gone and now we live again’.Slightly out-of-place accapella section towards the end.

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