All The Money’s Gone – Babylon Zoo
Having added themselves to the list of one-hit wonders to make their name
via a jeans ad, Jas Mann and his Babylon Zoo cronies are back with a new
10-track album – King Kong Groover – and yet more absurd, space-related
hi-jinks.
On the back of this comes the new single, rather appropriately named All The
Money’s Gone.
Considering how bad their last efforts were, we’re not surprised…
It seems like they’ve had a bit of a rethink in the old music department as
this is [dum dum dummmm!] an excellent track. Shocked? Us too…
Sounding like Oasis have discovered electronica and smoothened up Liam’s
voice slightly, it’s a so-so rocky number that even the grungiest of
headbangers might be inclined to listen to.
Or not… but it’ll be their loss… and our gain!
Side by side with their debut release, that Spaceman song, you’ll be fooled
into thinking this is a seperate band. Well… maybe band is a bit too
strong, considering Jas IS the band [he plays all the instruments!].
We’d never expected to hear from them again after first album The Boy With
The X-Ray Eyes, but then again, EMI DID sign them up to do something like
seven albums, so maybe it’s not so surprising. Happily, this latest album
is not at all bad.
Overall : 4 out of 5
