Webcuts Music

The sophomore, major label release from Harlem, entitled Hippies was something of a contentious issue at Webcuts. The first time in the history of this site where a reviewer was told to go back and try again, having criticised Harlem for their lack of lyrical imagination and school band simplicity (“those who don’t sicken quickly of energetic, repetitive three-chord rock will have a lot to love”) — which is really the reason to embrace them. Its lo-fi, hi-charm garage rock. For those who take their music seriously (yawn, The National) “Gay Human Bones” is not going to appeal to your innate sense of singalong fun. With lyrics like the earnest honesty of “someday soon you’ll be on fire/and you’ll ask me for a glass of water/and I say, no, you can just let that shit burn” from Hippies album track “Someday Soon” show that the best songs dispense with any artistic melodrama and quickly cut to the chase. Iminently touring Europe, Webcuts will be catching up with Harlem next month, but for now, savour the flavour of “Gay Human Bones”. Hippies is out now on Matador Records.