(Estupendo Records, 2011)‘Wonderful’, the debut single from Little Fish’s (Fishes?) second album, is a pleasant surprise in every way imaginable; it presents a more mature, catchy, and personal side of the band who sound more accomplished than they have before with the addition of an organ player who gives the band an almost spiritual lift on this song. Juju has never shied away from giving her a voice a bit of the old Patti Smith treatment but now she sounds comfortable with her voice (think Smith on ‘E-Bow the Letter’ rather than the yelps on ‘Gloria’). Some may say that ‘Wonderful’ is a ‘safe’ record as it deviates from the band’s more garage rock background in favour of a more commercial sound but it demonstrates the band’s ability to make a personal sentiment seem universal. Fantastic stuff from a band that are clearly still on the rise.
[Originally published in Oxford Music Scene magazine, issue 15)http://www.oxfordmusicscene.co.uk/images/oms_issue15.pdf
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