(Muso's Guide, March 5, 2009)
Single review
The musical cascade that is ‘Bayonets’ explodes from the speakers like an Amazing Baby RPG, with a split second of electronic bleeps and then suddenly a bequest of deliciously knowing vocals.
The swooping strings which season this delicious single from the oh-so-now Brooklyn combo are just part of the reason why ‘Bayonets’ rocks - a mouthwatering cross between ABC and ELO, with a whole lot of T.Rex thrown in.
The glam pounding of the single keeps on through string-soaked choruses and pared down verses, a tale of the beautiful and the damned, out with their “guns and bayonets tonight”.
The guitars strut into the chorus as the vocal demurs, “Oh baby, I’ve heard it all”. Of course you have - it’s glam rock with a modern twist, and there’s only so many times to tale of the dirty, pretty things can be retold. Except it’s not been told in this glorious a technicolour for many moons.
The lavish strings and opulent production only add to the musical depth here, and for a world apparently starved of riches and buckling under the weight of recession, there flows a rich vein of musical blood indeed.
Cruising to a finish with a repeated refrain - “The kids are alright,” it softly intones - ‘Bayonets’ is a short sharp shock to the brain. The final line “I want you to remember me” is all at once disarming and knowing, because how would anyone forget?
Amazing Baby are growing up into something very special indeed.
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