It’s not often a band comes along that manages to be funny. Y’know, genuinely funny. We’re not talking about some kind of knowing, winking bollocks by a bloke on a piano here. We’re talking razor sharp wit and the tunes to match.
So ladies and horriblefolk, let us introduce you to the ludicrously talented Onions. They arm themselves with a kind of psychedelic rock found in the first two Super Furry Animals LPs, with a dash of XTC’s missile wordery. They’re Manchester based, not that this matters one jot – there’s no lazy Factoryisms here, rather, pop shot through an entire record collection, rather than an outright lifting of one particular band.
One song deals with the pair of arse-pains Bob Geldof and Bono, with the line: “Me, Bob and Bono in a room – I have a gun and just one bullet.” It is, as of right now, hecklerspray’s official anthem. There’s more to them than decapitating holier than thou slebs. In I Want To Be A Dancer, we have one of the best and quirkiest pop songs released in decades.
Cynicism and self-deprecation never made you smile so much. A wonderful band that’s worth catch now before they get too famous and start going wrong on ket binges or whatever it is the kids do these days.
Click here to visit Onions MySpace and listen to them with your ears
Life in the city says
There is a rumour going round that Onions are splitting and is this the album that was due to come out last Christmas or a new one?
Victor Shaughn says
Have been following these boys for ages :) great band