Zoey van Goey - Foxtrot Vandals

The debut A-side from this Glasgow-based international three-piece is a pleasant enough slice of bittersweet lo-fi whimsy. An airy, uncomplicated, repetitive melody bounces lazily along a delicate landscape of simple jangling guitars. It's pretty. It's nice. It's musical cup-a-soup. Sleepy electro-pop B-side Song to the Embers, however, does a better job of showing off the band's talents. There's more depth, more atmosphere, a quality of writing that just isn't represented in the A-side. Foxtrot Vandals is by no means a bad song, but this band quite clearly have more to offer. [Les Ogilvie]