The Screams - Mood Swings & Roundabouts

And so it seems, the return of the band formerly known as The Ant Hill Mob may not be on the cards after chaos leered to overrule a stint at The Voodoo Lounge last month. While the ship of The Screams looks to sink before leaving the harbour, through mood swings and roundabouts, the music survives to tell tale of the Dublin based five-piece who flirted with a comeback after a 15 years hiatus.

The Stranglers through to The Jam, a touch of The Specials, and even some Floyd thrown in for good measure, The Screams echo inspiration from many icons of the 70s. Things Can Only Get Better echoes of an urban underclass boredom with some quite memorable lines, while a track simply titled Don't jilts to an inane delight with a quirky vocal and keys which would fit snugly onto the b-side of a Floyd release circa Wish You Were Here. Demons move in with feedback and propulsion to steal your dead leg away, while Life On Earth has shades of life down at the tube stations at midnight lived out in a living room wanting for more than the end of that last beer can. Although emergence of The Screams now seems ever more distant, these tracks and more are currently downloadable from their space on the web, where one can take a measure or two of what was missed out on. The Screams have a lot of material here to be buoyant about. 7/10.

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