Now, Now Every Children have a bit of a silly name, granted, and you might even be forgiven for giving the band a miss on account of that, but Cars is nothing but a very accomplished debut album from the Minneapolis duo (though the numbers up to five on-stage). Cars is eleven solid tracks of quirky and lo-fi synth powered indie/pop/rock. Fans of I Was A Cub Scout will be at home here, though it’s more downbeat and female vocals give it a bit more of a cutesy edge. Now, now every children deliver simple and effective song writing at it’s best, and there’s a few tracks (the title track especially) that get lodged in your head without much more than a brief listen.
It’s a bit of a glider, and Cars sounds best when you’re not trying to listen to it, as NNEC’s shtick is very ‘sunday afternoon’, but given a chance, it’s a brilliant and hypnotising listen that’ll drag you back again and again.
The album came out last year, and is getting a fresh pressing for their upcoming tour with Paramore.
Tom Aylott