Review - Screaming Mimi - Leap Into My Fervent Arms

Screaming Mimi - Leap Into My Fervent Arms

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5 out of 10

This band of '50s-obsessed lunatics could be ones to watch. We just need less random Bontempi organ abuse and more Theremin, to begin with. Oh, and everything sounds like its jostling for position rather than painting the intended noir-soundscape, especially early on. But this is the Sheffield quintet's debut, don't forget. We can't all be the Arctic Monkeys and pop fully-formed out of MySpace. Electric Thighs shows a great mordant wit - more libidinous Kirsty MacColl than Kate Bush or Deborah Harry - which continues in My Favourite Objects (Mary Poppins it ain't). Dirtypillowslip rounds things off nice and tightly, so can we expect better, darker things in the future?

Listen: www.myspace.com/screamingmimiband

Tracklist:
1. Dorothy Millette
2. Dick Tracy
3. Who Is Louise?
4. Dry Bones
5. Tanti Auguri
6. Gumshoe
7. Electric Thighs
8. Plug It Up!
9. Broken Teeth
10. Bumblebee
11. Just Because It's Done For Love. . .
12. My Favourite Objects
13. Dirtypillowslip