Seal Cub Clubbing Club - 'May'

Before listening to the amusingly named Seal Cub Clubbing Club, you do wonder whether this band is going to be a waste of a great name. Thankfully though, the Merseyside five-piece appear not to be one of those artists where the name is undeniably better than the music.

‘May’ starts abruptly but quietly enough with melodic but near unintelligible vocals backed by the softest of delicate drum beats and wolf-like howls of “yahooooo”. The track then spirals into a combination of yet more incoherent frenetic ramblings, high pitched vocals verging on falsetto set against a fast-paced rock solid rhythm section, reminiscent of iForward Russia!. It all ends with some seriously potent rock riffage before fading out to the same delicate “yahoos” which permeate the intro. Backed by the haunting and sparse 'Tin Drum' as a B-side, The Seal Cub Clubbing Club may have a mouthful of a jokey name, but their music is far from laughable.

Released 24/03/08 on Boon.