the pipettes - dirty mind
after many months of internet madness, high profile tours, the pipettes finally get around to releasing their proper debut single (several indie limited editions of course are out there on ebay). the terrible trio, becki, rose and gwenno, backed by their backing band, the cassettes make girl fronted doo wop, harmonised happy pop music. simple instrumentation, and catchy chorus's make the band come over like some eternal homage to 70's sitcom 'happy days'. live its all cracking good fun as they girls do their synced up moves, and bait the audience with their cutting wit, on record it can sound all very twee and will probably make those who like music with a bit of oomph and arr run a mile. meanwhile, the rest of us will just sit back, and enjoy the show.