Editorial Reviews
From URB Magazine
About two years ago, David Nicholls released You Can’t Help Liking . . . PP Roy with relatively little fanfare. After all, it was Rephlex electro kitsch typical for the period (see Ovuca, Slipper, Ensemble), albeit Nicholls showed a little more Austin Powers go-go flair in swanky booty-shakers such as "Like, Wow!?" and the Mancini-ish "A Taste of Tarmac." Now he’s offering us a more genuine release in Seven Up, where the charming mockery of lounge tropes gives way to a contemplative musical countenance. It doesn’t hurt that he pulls in Global Goon for some sunshine-y percussion backup on "Working in Harmony Together," but even that cut bears a melodic weight that can’t be discarded. The humorous lope of "For Cowboys" is overshadowed by the gravity of dark atmosphere and remarkably ominous frog sounds, while the electro-duck silliness in "Fig. 3" succumbs to the pressure of lush strings. So while the verve remains, PP Roy’s music progresses beyond that of his peers of years past.
Heath K. Hignight
Seven Up,PP Roy,Rephlex,Electronic,IDM,Pop,Rock
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