(single/ UGLY MAN MUSIC)
The type of skewed indie-rock that emanates from Leeds in certain circles is so unlike the indie-rock that�s both been and is being created elsewhere in the country. Maybe it�s the imaginative nature of us Yorkshire folk, or perhaps all is coincidental. But take Pop Threat, and then the epic sound of Four Day Hombre.
And now Bodixa, the 5-piece with this 2-track single, as �Give Me Rain� is inoffensive indie-pop at its sweetest. The soothingly sung vocals are no doubt sultry enough to sound like Texas� Sharleen�s (which admittedly isn�t that �alternative� a sound), but wait for the chorus that�ll catch you unaware as an Alt-guitar riff nips in to underpin the vocals that suddenly remind of Tori Amos� in yet another peskily intense emotional situation that�s seemingly impossible to get out of, especially in light of any meddling kids.
�Parasite,� which plays nothing like the first track, is � in comparison � a charming, much more lo-fi acoustic approach to their version of indie-rock events that is so original sounding you can�t deny Bodixa the edge that they�ve created for themselves� and that will hopefully stand to get this band noticed big-time.
As for their last lifeline, the dark yet wistful �Parasite� obsessively scolds with the lyric �I�m living off your memories.�
Matter-of-factly and as selfish as it sounds, I say we should live off their music.
4/5 (STEVE RUDD)
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