Finally here, after an epic wait, FIGHT LIKE APES are back with their third
album (this time self-titled) and it’s undeniably their best yet. Still in
touch with the snarling chorus lines, acerbic wit and sometimes angelic, other
moment banshee-like vocals from Irish television star May Kay, there’s enough
of the traditional FIGHT LIKE APES feel to keep the fans interested, but this
album tells of something new… Something wonderful. Something that looks set to
catapult these stars of the underground into something interstellar.
FIGHT LIKE APES have always known their way around a bona fide radio hit, and
there’s no shortage of those on this record, with a handful of tracks
jostling for position to be first single. ‘Pretty Keen on Centrefolds’ and
‘Pop Itch’ great examples of those. Meanwhile the power just keeps coming,
and even in more tender moments such as ‘Carousel’ or ‘The Hunk and the
Funpalace’ huge melodic moments pop out from everywhere with rattling synths
and drums and
all things wonderful.
