Envelopes - ‘Free Jazz’ (Brille) Released 13/02/06

****ing hell, the kids have been at the orange Smarties again… oh wait a second - it’s not a gang of hyperactive kids shouting over the theme tune of their favourite Nickelodeon cartoon at all: it’s Envelopes, and they’re here to save us from a life of cynicism and the slow-acceptance that we’re all gonna die.  “Make things happen!/Provoke them!” Parisien Audrey giggles while her Swedish mates throw their guitars and keyboard out of the pram.  Fortunately the ‘Free Jazz’ bit is a lie – this song’s more like what would happen if you got the pieces of a Clor and a Deerhoof jigsaw puzzle all mixed up together but put it together anyway.  It will make you feel like a five year old on Christmas morning.  Stupidly clever.