Muncie Girls, Fixed ideals - album review

Yet that is where Muncie Girls originate, and writing them off due to their roots is a mistake.

You don't have to be from the inner city to be angry at life, as this shows. Lyricist Lande Hekt has a lot to say, and say it she does well.

Opener Jeremy plays host to some brilliantly lazy guitar work, like those long summer evenings that accompanied our recent heat-wave.

She said it is 'obviously a big f**k you to my dad, a right wing guy who denied my existence and refused to support my mum in any way', adding: “It should also apply to all people who use patriarchy to aid them in dodging responsibility."

It's actually a pretty uplifting track given the subject matter, the Sky Larkin-like verses giving way to a multi-layered guitar chorus that stops short of slamming into you and just creates enough fury to get the point across.

There's some pinging tracks throughout too with softer tones behind the grain and granite stringwork. Isn't Life Funny is one of these. It bubbles along with an undercurrent feeling of coming rage throughout Hekt's rising vocals that never quite arrives. It makes it edgy. The anticipation just as much fun as the delivery that never slaps you.

Clinic is another very personal track to Hekt, covering her battles with mental health issues such as anxiety. More jumbled than some of the other songs on the album it oozes frustration through its instrumentals and Dean McMullen's shaking guitar screams.

We've also got Hangovers. Much more laid back than those around it there is a feeling of melancholic autobiographical know-how under the basslines. Here bassist Hekt really shine through, each note hanging on the conscience like a lost friend you never quite got round to making up with.

This is a wicked piece of work given how the often-sad subject matters meet superbly uplifting finished articles. This is young guitar writing at its finest. And hopefully these guys will receive the recognition they deserve for it.

Rating: 8/10

Muncie Girls play at Birmingham's the Cuban Embassy on September 27