Album review: The Lovely Eggs - This Is Eggland

One of the UK's best-loved underground bands, The Lovely Eggs, are back with their fifth album, and I'm happy to say it's a cracker.
This Loverl Eggs - This Is Eggland (Egg Records)This Loverl Eggs - This Is Eggland (Egg Records)
This Loverl Eggs - This Is Eggland (Egg Records)

The lo-fi psychedelic punks have built up a cult following since they formed in Lancaster in 2006.

Consisting of married couple Holly Ross (guitar/vocals) and David Blackwell (drums), they have a fierce DIY ethos and a surreal sense of humour.

Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.
Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.
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Their music is a hypnotic blend of motoric krautrock, '60s psychedelia and punk rock attitude, all flipped over and egged up.

The album title This is Eggland is a cheeky nod to the Shane Meadows TV series This Is England.

A comment on the current state of the country, it was self-recorded at Lancaster Musician's Co-op (a non-profit-making recording studio and rehearsal rooms, where the pair met and David works) and at home, while their three-year-old son was in bed.

The result is a rich-sounding record, much heavier than anything they've done before, but retaining the raw energy of the band’s sound, with a real power and dynamism.

Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.
Married couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell are The Lovely Eggs.
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The splendidly nonsensical single Wiggy Giggy ("I feel like a man dressed in rags, sat on a lump of gold") is getting heavy airplay on the likes of 6 Music.

Elsewhere, they sing philosophical songs about the mysteries of the universe (Hello I Am Your Sun), being on the wrong side (I'm With You) and local witchcraft.

They're unashamed to be themselves and have fun while they're at it, and the album is a real earworm, working its way into your consciousness.

If you don't believe me, give The Lovely Eggs a try. I'm sure they'll be to your taste. 7/10.