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  Easy Jet EP by Foxgang


Easy Jet EP cover art

Artist: Foxgang
Title: Easy Jet EP
Catalogue Number: No catalogue number
Review Format: EP
Release Year: 2008



Woah! What's happening here? A band that dares to step outside the indie mainstream? Yes, and their name is Foxgang and they hail from a variety of places but have ended up in Glasgow.

It's almost anarchic. "Easy Jet" launches this EP with a bizarre white boy rap by singer Ryan Denton heralding the joys of package holidays. You can see this band going down to the crossroads to make a deal with the Devil and deciding that, all things considered, it would be better to steal his wallet and make a run for the nearest bar. "Cheesewire" suggest conventionality in its rock 'n' roll pretensions or at least it would if you think Miles Davis is conventional. It's half mad but it's all good.

Equally demented is the social commentary that forms the basis of "White English" and, likewise, it is hard to deny the cross dressing, trumpet led charms of "Wor Jacky".

If you like your music to walk off the beaten track then you will find much to enjoy in the company of Foxgang. I certainly did.


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Review Date: November 10 2009