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Here to remind us of our insatiable, adolescent appetite for music, Art Brut are back together. What started as a break-up album and turned into an in-love record, Wham! Bang! Pow! Lets Rock Out! is a collection of post-punk, poppy bangers that recall the distinctive sound that burst out of the Berlin-based band back in 2005. Its been seven years since the groups last LP and sees Argos self-referential, sincere narrative shape into poignant reflections of encompassing a youthful heart in a world that perpetually forces us to grow up.
Argos was careful to live a life before attempting a new album. I moved to Berlin, I nearly died with Peritonitis. I was in hospital for a bit. I had a son, I had a relationship that broke up. I wrote a comic, a memoir, a musical and had a one man show, he says. I dont want to be that band who writes the sort of songs like I dont like touring, touring is really boring. I think we needed a rest so some stuff could happen to me, to fill me up.
Produced by award-winning folk musician Jim Moray, Wham! Bang! Pow! Lets Rock Out! is Art Brut at their pop band best. Argos recorded his vocals in one or two takes, channeling the sporadic nature of his live performances while hand claps and ad-libbed jokes and howls produce a raw and authentic work. Morphing almost any mundane experience into a hilariously candid anecdote whether its watching hipsters eat falafel on Good Morning Berlin, planning a better diet after a health scare on Hospital! or dodging a train ticket inspector on Schwarzfahrer Wham! Bang! Pow! Lets Rock Out! is testament to the frontmans unconventional approach to finding inspiration in just about anything.
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