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Tyrannosaurus Dead - Flying Ant Day

Review by Paul Brown

One of the most bracing, energising half hours of music to be released this year.»

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Brighton scuzzy indie pop fivesome Tyrannosaurus Dead will release the Rory Attwell-produced LP through London DIY label Odd Box Records on 3rd November. It follows hot on the heels of their sold out split 7" 'Post Holiday Dead Song' with Welsh punks Joanna Gruesome. The band and their label Odd Box have been at the centre of an upsurge in DIY ethics in the UK; throwing parties, hosting shows, printing zines and generally bypassing the mainstream. It's from this background that this LP was written and recorded. 'Flying Ant Day' hears the band continue to hone their fuzzy indiepop sound - packed full of excellent guitar hooks and big catchy choruses coupled with beautiful boy/girl harmonies from Billy and Eleanor. "a scrappier, fuzzier New Pornographers (Dan Bejar edition), or the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart if they were actually English, or Los Campesinos! if they traded coffee for booze. This one is all big guitars, boy-girl harmonies, and wistful sentiment, making full use of the amped-up indie-pop playbook." - Stereogum
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