Single: Being 747 � Weather Girl EP

Label: Wrath Records, www.wrathrecords.co.uk

Released: Out now

I used to love The Landspeed Loungers, which you may or may not know is where Being 747�s singer and founder Dave Cooke is from. Listening to this reminds me of their later work; it�s nice to know he�s as sharp as ever. It opens with the melodic �Weather Girl�, which is a great tune and his vocals sound superb. The only problem with the track is the weather metaphors are stretched to the limit complete with thunder in the background. Still, it�s a good start. Next is �Mind of a twelve year old child�, which is more upbeat and the music is OK, but this is more filler than killer. However the last two tracks are brilliant, �Use Your Friends� is about manipulating your friends to get whatever you want out of life, being witty and a credit to their style. The last track �lover number 1� is definitely my favourite off the EP, a simple but quite ambitious track, it flows brilliantly and Dave�s slightly eccentric vocals work really well. Overall this is a good EP and a good piece of indie pop, but lyrics are poor on some tracks and it�s evident they can definitely pull off more than their showing us. Still Being 747 obviously seem to know what direction they want to take and this listener will always be eager to hear any new material by them.

Paul Cocker