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Top Sounds - F

FROGGY AND THE RINGES - Soft G {Kibou} Lurching from the mysterious backwaters (one assumes) of Suffolk, UK come this quartet that has taken THE SONICS ‘Boom’ cover and added a frog’s face to it. I assume this has something to do with James outta DOMESTICS being on Kibou - and it surely sounds like his bellowing vocal. This time though, it’s not the Hardcore we’ve come to expect, this time it’s more New Wave Of The Close Shave sound fused with something a bit more Garage Rock and odd splashes of FUZZTONES-esque keyboards. Four tracks on this limited 7” with the lead track having a distinctly aggro sound, as does closer ‘(We Are) Cheap Beer’ while ‘Don’t Listen’ has enough quirk about it to be comparable to THE CRAVATS. They certainly have their collective tongue embedded in their cheek and I’m guessing this might be a one-off project but, I have to say, I really enjoyed it!! One thing is for sure: listening to the final track, they are not from Belgium. (06.03.21)