Peel is not so new, after all, they've been a band for about three years, but their recently released self-titled LP is their first and like any first LPs, it is full of unyielding energy like the pop of a cork coming out of the bottle. The first song from the record "Oxford" really grabbed my attention, it shouts "listen to me, I'm about to be huge." They started with the line: "If I had my way I'd demolish every building of rock polished to shine so bright like headlights in the daytime." If that is not an assertion, I don't know what is.
In that same attitude, their music continues to be. Soundwise, they are every bit poppy, full of the sunny elements commonly found in your average Elephant 6 band. With that said, what makes Peel truly appealing is their ability to take a pop song and make it all sorts of disorganized. Only when the sweet chorus comes, do the cymbals crash to distort everything; guitar parts, horns, and synths whooze in and out, deconstructing the very bare bone they are suppose to support. It sounds exactly like five people who all have great instincts in songwriting working together, but also, throwing cautions to the wind and having a good time. Overall, a very exciting debut and a classic already.
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