KING KONG GROOVER – BABYLON ZOO
Shan’t be nasty about Mr Jas Mann; he lives near our office, so he might
come and duff me. I rather like him anyway.
His second album is, like his big hit Spaceman, T-Rex/Bowie-esque bubblegum
pomp pop with synth bits, vocoders, and FX pedals; no doubt covered in
hologram sticky-backed plastic and labelled “interstellar squonk-glam
overdrive”.
The title’s say it all: Chrome Invader, Boy Or A Girl, Manhattan Martian,
etc. Guffaw! Jas Mann is a kid in a cyberpop sweetshop – and who can blame
him?
4/5
by Stephen Eastwood
