How To Swim
>> The Littlest Orgasm
>> Electric Honey
This is a sneaky one. Just when I thought I’d found a safe distance from which to ponder vocalist Ink Wilson’s idiosyncratic style (most often likened to Tom Waits) on opening track “A Little Orgasm of Disappointment”, up crept several of the remaining ten band members to take me hostage with their rousing collision of sound (featured on this mini album are trumpets, trombones, flute, cellos, glockenspiel and other instruments including, umm, ironing board).
From then on the pace rarely lets up; the sound is unhinged and multi-legged and I can only imagine how much fun the live shows must be. It’s no surprise that How to Swim have played alongside off-kilter kindred spirits Dawn of the Replicants. Final track “Cherry Moon” arrives to show us that How to Swim have a gentler, more plaintive side as well. Genuinely off-its-head and relentlessly entertaining.
>> Lorraine Douglas
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