The Anomalies – Kid Riot

the mainstream media finally discovered emiliana torrini and the “jungle drum” can be spotted between ring tone commercials quite regularly. and even released fall last year her album “me and armini” is considered the summer album 2009. well, i do appreciate that she finally gets the attention she deserves since the album is really good and she won’t be just “that girl who did “gollums song” for the lord of the rings soundtrack. but i can’t join in in that celebration since i already danced my soles off to her record last year and i do have another favourite for this years summer album. ladies and gentlemen: the anomalies.
their album “free soup social” is a great combination of brit rock, hip hop and dub beats and just fun listening to. it is an “instant good mood” album. you just need to add volume. lots of it.
kid riot starts with a simple guitar riff not unsimilar to the earlier works of the view or the arctic monkeys. but accompanying the words “there’s death and killings in the streets” by a bicycle bell shows that it doesn’t want to be taken too seriously. switching too a fast driven rap part brings old klf tunes or more recent dan le sac vs. scroobious pip tracks to mind. the anomalies’ raps are definitely as witty as the pips but with way less moral gospel involved. going forwards and backwards between these two parts tricks your body from a steady nodding head movement to full body action including a 360° spin. and all of a sudden the track is led into a thoughtful shoegazer ending.
there are not two songs alike on this album still every song is equally great to kid riot and in total free soup social is one of the best composed and arranged debut albums i heard in a long time. unfortunately so far it went completely unnoticed and i hope the anomalies will get the deserved attention sooner or later, too.

the anomalies myspace