Psychedelic, 60s pop and 50s Rock ‘n’ roll- it’s all here in The Badje’s unusually named second album “Taste Music with Your Ear Tongue.” Only one month after forming in 2009, Brighton’s indie four-piece brought out their debut album “Ride Out” and unleashed themselves on to the Brighton music scene.
With influences from The Beatles, and The Pretty Things, “Taste Music with Your Ear Tongue” is a beautifully produced, fourteen-track CD rich with comical skits, clever guitar work and quirky vocals- a treat for anybody’s ears.
The Badje aren’t your normal indie band, full of teenage angst and power chords- the use of brass instruments, soulful backing singers and sound effects make each song distinctively different from the last. In the fifth track “Travel Suite” we meet ladyman Te te Divine, a cabaret singer mourning about her long lost sailor boy- written from personal experience?
Whether you’re local to Brighton or not, these guys are definitely worth a listen, and maybe we should all try tasting music with our ear tongue.
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