Hold on a cotton picking moment. Could this be a Scottish band that actually knows how to write a pop song? Admittedly, I’m not quite sure why The Mixups didn’t actually go with the obvious single of these three tracks but that sort of thing never bothered The Kinks either.
Anyway, “Your Side” lumbers inelegantly like a Britpop song lost in a fairground but nonetheless manages to make its point though the simple fact that it is an actual song rather than a collection of disconnected power chords. “Where The Belong” throws in some reverential riffs and somehow comes off as quite adventurous really. The cream, as they, really does float to the top. “Double or Quits” is the obvious lead track here with its effective recombination of Britpop influences and, of all things Dire Straits, making for a proper classic pop song.
The Mixups provide proof that they know what they are doing here and, for that, we should all be thankful. Although I don’t, for a moment, believe that talent has any relevance to today’s music business but, if it did, then The Mixups would deserve to make it big.