Album Review :: Superfood - Don't Say That

Superfood

Don't Say That

November 3 2014 (Infectious)

7.5/10

Words: Alison Mack

With a fair proportion of the 13 tracks that make up Superfood's debut album having already been revealed through through various track droppings over the months, most coming to the album will no doubt be doing so on the back of these, thus knowing what to expect.

This is the second wave of Britpop, except with Brum replacing the Brit half. Both the effervescent 'Mood Bomb' and the tripped-out space of 'Right On Satellite' - all edgy, twanging guitar riffs and thumping bassline - give you an idea of the buzz this band created back in the early days of late 2012 when they were starting to garner accolades in small pockets of Birmingham. 'You Can Believe' is prime Blur, belting along at an swaggering pace on jumping guitars until you can almost feel transported back to the 90s.

‘Lily For Your Pad To Rest On', all infectious rhythm, humour and psych combined with a whipped up chorus, and one of several where a food reference creeps in, here they've “got something to eat"; on ‘Superfood’, the first 'taste' we had of Dom Ganderton's outfit, they're "really getting hungry now" as they make their way through punchy choruses and kitchen cupboards in search of replenishment.

‘TV’ is perhaps one of the album's highlights, picking up Ryan Malcolm's hooky guitar lines as it lyrically questions, "How am I to dream without the TV on?"  'It’s Good To See You' again shines on smooth-laden harmonies and Malcolm’s way with creating those axe shapes, while it delves into Prince Charles' favourite territory of having a chat with the garden greenery: "The flowers in the garden said/’We all get along now come sing our song’”.

Two brief instrumentals, ‘I’ and ‘II’, provide, one could say, fillers, or a respite, or a chance to go and grab a beer or a bag of crisps. Ultimately, 'Don’t Say That' defines the Superfood creed of messy fun, good times...and food.