04.08.07
It’s not for the cock, it’s for the inner child
Das Wanderlust
The entertaining and animated pair of childlike musicians, Andy Elliot and Laura Simmons, identify themselves as ‘wrong pop’. It’s hard to say exactly what’s wrong with an anthem like The Orange Shop.
Let’s face it, the song hits every note on the musical scale of melodic ingenuity. It starts very fittingly with someone chuckling to herself before launching into a vibrant introduction which seems to be primarily played on some form of toy instrument. Both the lyrics and the vocalist’s tone of voice conjure an image of an excitable five year old, unsure of what she wants to say, but adamant that she must be heard by all.
The second song on their single, entitled Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, concerns itself with the age-old dispute of which sauce to condiment your food. They are not biased, and endeavour to guarantee that both sides of the argument are validly depicted and equally received.
It opens with the brazen statement “Red sauce!” which clearly preempted as the counter argument is just as strong “Brown sauce!”. This level of lyrical discussion is maintained for 20 seconds before the finely constructed, again strangely youthful, and shockingly fast-paced instrumental kick starts. It only slows down to give stage to cut-and-stick pieces of conversation which narrowly avoids being intelligible. The second round of“Red sauce! Brown sauce!” then commences, quickly followed by an instrumental reprise. After a couple of crashing notes from the guitar, the song retreats into a range of seemingly unselected sounds and then dies out.
Das Wanderlust are currently on tour in the UK and have an Irish tour planned for August.
They have also released their single The Orange Shop/Red Sauce, Brown Sauce on CD and Vinyl and their second single Sunday School is due out soon.
You can buy their single and view their tour dates through their myspace.
The Orange Shop (Removed)
Red Sauce, Brown Sauce (Removed)