the vibrants - 4 track ep
track listing : bullet, do it for me, new way, beauty
new london band, the vibrants, are currently unsigned, on the strength of this ep, i suspect that this wont be for too long. they dont do anything too new and different, but across these 4 tracks on offer, they do their indie styled pub rock thing bloody well. if this were 1978 i would definitely be checking the record (ok it's a cd - but you get my point) for the glorious stiff records logo, as the songs all recall those pumped up early days of elvis costello, dr feelgood with an added chunk of punked up r-n-b for 'do it for me' that will make a few people wonder if the godfathers are back on the scene. from the start, guitars are nice and solid, drums keep the beat in an up tempo mood, and the excess of hammond organ is just a fine slice of nostalgic icing on the cake.