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Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angels – Idiot
We review Hull band Matt Edible and The Obtuse Angels latest single ‘Idiot’.
Hull’s Matt Edible (The Holy Orders / Kingmaker) and The Obtuse Angels are back with their latest single ‘Idiot’. Recorded at Edbile’s home studio, it follows 2023’s comic glam-rock masterpiece ‘Mirror Shoes’.
Image & artwork courtesy of the band.
Like ‘Mirror Shoes’, they tread a similar path of glam-rock and humorous lyrics. Edible pokes fun at those who revelled in a lack of Michael Gove’s experts, leading us all down a path of cultural and financial devaluation for a decade. Sonically, he takes the jovial and mercurial spirit of Sultans of Ping, Jim Bob, and the poetical play of Yard Act to a world of glam-rock riffs with divine results.
The introduction of the angelic backing vocals elevates the comic timing of “im a card carrying idiot” to Bafta award levels. With a general election on the horizon and said idiots in retreat mode, the hope is that Steve Bray lines this up as Sunak and his non-dom wife toddle off to California on July 5th.
There may have been seven months between ‘Mirror Shoes’ and ‘Idiot,’ but the wait has been worth it. Great melody and sardonic lyrics skip hand in hand, knowing that time is up for the idiots.
Matt Edible & The Obtuse Angles – Mirror Shoes
Hull’s Matt Edible (The Holy Orders / Kingmaker) has returned with his new single ‘Mirror Shoes’. Written and recorded by Edible at home, it was released on the 13th of September via Inedible Records.
“The best thing out of Hull since the Humber Bridge!”
Josh T. Pearson
Hull’s Matt Edible (The Holy Orders / Kingmaker) has returned with his new single ‘Mirror Shoes’. Written and recorded by Edible at home, it was released on the 13th of September via Inedible Records.
image & artwork courtesy of the band.
Last time out, Edible strayed from Mark Hollis to William Blake to Darren Heyman on his mercurial debut album ‘Stargazing’. ‘Mirror Shoes’, sonically, marks a return to something far less challenging but equally as rewarding.
His guitars land between the big booming riffs of The Black Keys and the fuzzed wonderment of the Flaming Lips on this glam rock gem. Stomping with glitches, his protagonist marauds through society like a John Niven character at peak drug-fuelled narcissism.
Edible has reimagined ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’ for a modern age snorting, Madri drinking, brown leather and stonewash jean wearing Liz Truss adorning buffoon. It’s as hilarious as it is depressing, but when his solo lands, the pain subsides. Edible’s playing, alongside the joyous backing vocals, become a moment of alt-pop magic that 2023 so desperately needed!
‘Mirror Shoes’ is taken from the upcoming second album which is a now a drool-worthy prospect.