Songs about the mail? Hell yeah. It all starts on “Damascus.” I am glad she voted Yes on 2, but I wonder how she knew about it. Chop Chop make me happy with their accidental topicality. There’s nothing transparent about them on “Screens.”
This is more standard female-fronted indie pop, but there is enough of an edge, thanks to the drum machines, that makes it more than worthwhile to listen to. More than cutting celery stalks into bite-size pieces, Chop Chop give one pause on such breathtaking tracks as Serial Killer.
Some of the songs are a little too brooding for me, but not “C Train David.” If the C Train leaves in the morning, then lead singer Catherine Cavanagh must be Sheena Easton, singing about her baby. The uptempo nature of this track is definitely the direction that Chop Chop should be going in.
“Goon Shoe Drop” does this Book of Love thing, which is kind of nice, because Book of Love don’t exist anymore. This song reminds me of “Chatterbox, Part 2” and “Witchcraft.”
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