Ode To レコード& CD

Review: Gemma Rogers was recently witnessed adding her disticntrively raw vocal tunes to a new track by prog house heroes Fluke, but this new four tracker is very much her own thing, with elements of punk, new wave and synthpop colliding head on across four new tracks. Her lyrical talent is clearly considerable, and versatile too, veering from the envigoratingly angry ('Never Have I Ever', kicking back againsty the noramlisation of sexual violence against women) to the impressionistic ('DKU', which re-imagines the Grim Reaper as a stressed out single mum to be). The most beautiful and poetic moment, though, is the title track, which borrows a little of early New Order's grim grandeur and bears the vaguest smear of the Sex Pistols' 'God Save The Queen' in its melody, but this 12" from Ode to records - a new offshoot of esteemed punk stable Holy Dotage - really runs the emotional gamut. Class sounds, for those who like it fierce.