Nottingham’s NO PEELING hits the ground running with their aptly-titled second EP, EP2. This thing has all the fun you can fit inside nine minutes…and then some more. Guitars are stepping in and out of post-punk and, dare I say, twinklecore territory, while the bass is working its groovy magic with outstanding riffs and licks. Synth parts add some gorgeous sparkle and depth to this already very eight-dimensional music, and the vocals complement the music perfectly with their effortlessly cool delivery. So, what about drums? Well, they are the best drums one could ever drum for this. It’s one of those records that you can feel how locked-in the band is by the way every part of it works like clockwork. If I’m being honest, it feels like a breath of fresh air in the world of egg-punk, which tends to get a bit too same-y—I know, pot calling the kettle black, something about glass houses and stones, so on and so forth. But after listening to this record over and over, I’m a firm believer that NO PEELING should be the next big thing. Whatever that might entail for you, they absolutely deserve it.
