Meg describe themselves as “lo-fi electro indie rock”. It’s an accurate description for this quartet (who hail from Kidderminster in the West Midlands) are fond of Pavement-style riffage updated for the Digital Age. ‘The Lego Hair EP’ sees their youthful-sounding pop taking pleasing melodic twists and turns.
Kicking off with ‘Chips’, they’ve hit on a playful grungy noise with the vocals caught halfway between Foo Fighters and Pavement. ‘Fireworks’ is grungier still although the unnecessary bleeping on this track does undermine the quality, likewise ‘Greasy Sausages’ - which features the sound of sausages being sizzled - is an unnecessary interlude. Their performance improves for ‘Lego Hair’ itself; it’s the most electronically-dominated track and quite an adventurous, largely instrumental affair that does a decent impression of a low-budget Ladytron. Some punky vocals and awkward key changes on ‘I Am About To Forget’ are the closest they get to Weezer standard whilst ‘Star Fleet’ ends the EP on a high with a wistful melody underscored by acoustic guitars. Obviously this is a mixed bag in terms of both variety and quality but if they can mature a little more for their next release, Meg could yet be something special.
Web Sites:
Meg’s Official Site
Meg MySpace
Also Recommended:
Pavement, Weezer, Pilots Of Japan
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