Right from the off Larsen B set out their stall with the exuberant burst of wistful melody that opens their debut album in ‘Codeine’. It’s difficult to put you finger on it but it is simultaneously uplifting and woozy like a party drunk, the good kind, who’s funny and charming and the life and soul of the party.
The pace and pop credentials are maintained as ‘Marilyn’ zips by before the mood turns casually reflective with ‘Atlantis’ and this triumvirate has pretty much set up the tone of the album as a whole. Snappy tunes with occasional brief dips into melancholic reminiscence’s. There’s a childlike sense of wonder at the heart of the album that revels in the sensation of new experiences and less demanding times.
The tunes that don’t rely on gimmicks or stylistic meanderings there’s just a stream of honest pop songs well executed and hummable. Sounds dull to you? Well maybe you’re seeking your thrills in the wrong place. It’s true that Muskateer isn’t likely to set the world alight but for a brief spell it makes the soporific, hazy sunny days we’re supposed to call Summer appear real, rather than the cold drizzle we get instead.
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