(1-track single promo/ 2003/ �TRANSCOPIC RECORDS�)
Mower couldn�t be more cutting. Nope, they won�t mince words when few will suffice, such as in their last, furiously-frank hit - �After Dark� - when the chorus refrain succinctly said it all: �I want to sleep with you!!!�
It seems logical therefore to unleash �The Morning After� (nicked from their debut album �People Are Cruel�) the night before next then, with the guitars and spit-spat vocals of soul just as volatile and as rocking as before. Yep� don�t let the nice and chilled drum intro and funky indie guitar play-in to the song fool you, because before you know it this cheeky track is all over - and yet it is breathtakingly cram-packed with so much fun, verve and well-postured swagger that you�re left to ponder� Gee - if Mower have this much energy the morning after, just imagine what they were like when teetering on the cusp of a damn fine lay the evening previous.
Hint-hint� and so crazy singer Matt Motte�s lyrics go some way in revealing certain degrees of guilt and shame all the same: �I keep losing sleep coz I�m cheap and nasty. I�m gonna take a cold shower on my own.�
I really, really can�t wait for the next break-neck installment. Mower wear their genitalia and want for full-throttled hedonism in their jeans, but should you wish to hear exactly what �it� sounds like then take heed� and bleed with �em. (STEVE RUDD)
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