(5-track demo)
3 men and one mission. I just ain�t too sure what their mission be!! Coming on like a genius cross between Primal Scream and the Pet Shop boys, Duncan Pope, Clive Bray and Dave Bell jam out genre-mushing, mainstream-inclined experimentalism with more style than Liz Hurley donning Versace. This band have allegedly been around since time began, or at least since the dawn of the 90�s in the century just past, and while EP-opener �Motives� is pretty plain-old indie-pop with a spike-punked chorus, the �Black Hole� that follows swallows what came before with its cool riff that�s attained �classic tune� status by my standards, and is a track that The Prodigy would wet themselves over. �Safe� (�I only feel safe when no-one�s round�) fosters a further punky fold, harbouring a familiarly fantastic Stranglers-esque quality. But The Conspiracy just impress even more when least expected, as highlight �Letter To Matt� proffers a seductive and poetic narrative that gracefully tip-toes into a startlingly melodic and harmonic tune, frontman Duncan lamenting with the forlorn Lloyd Cole in mind. (The only other band I�ve heard of that�s convincingly producing this tract of innovative material is Hull�s Kid Samson, to name-drop another fine band that�s worth checking out.) But steady! That highlight is then superceded as they bow out with �Red Bird,� the blissful opening chords progressing into a plushly catchy and funky as feck beauty leaving with nothing more to bemoan other than, �I WANT MORE! I WANT MORE! I WANT MORE!� �Cream of the Crop� 'zine gushed in one of their reviews �I love this band�� but not as much as I do, Godammit. (Steve Rudd)
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