The Aliens - Alienoid Starmonica EP

Rising from the smouldering ashes of the much revered Beta Band is the intergalactic sound of The Aliens. This four-track EP combines the warped experimentation of The Betas with lucid grooves and an unprecedented sense of direction. Seamlessly fleeting from country to hip-hop there's no shortage of self-assurance here and with the high-camp disco funk of I'm A Robot Man it's easy to see why. Lacking the breathtaking dramatics of the 3 EPs this is still a psychedelically surreal concoction that oozes with precocious lunacy. In Alienoid Starmonica these aliens prove there's life on other planets after all. [Billy Hamilton]