The 'This Is How We Buy the Van EP' was
originally realeased with the aim of raising funds for
a new van for the 'Every Fucking Toilet In The Country' tour 2001.
Unfortunately, about two weeks after purchase, the van containing all the
band's
gear was stolen from a supermarket car park.
In true AntiProduct style the band borrowed gear from support band The
Relatives and carried
on, they finished the tour without skipping a single date.
The Van EP has just been re-released in a
proper Maxi Single cover and is available now for a mere £6.99 from ChangesOne
'This Is How We Buy The Van EP' - Or more correctly, 'This Is How We Buy A Van, Buy The Replacement Van, and Partly Pay For Getting To Japan EP'. You all know the story behind this little gem by now, so I won't bore you with the details again (if you've been living on Mars, or even worse, in Basingstoke, for the past few months - check the biography). Let's focus on the important bit, the music.
Eight tracks, three of which are brand-spanking new , four radio session songs, and one previously available number. A stop gap release between albums, yes, but let's be honest…what a stop gap.
'TIHWBTVEP' (as it shall now be known) opens with the gorgeous 'Love Song To A Cigarette', providing a perfect show-piece for Clare and Milena's harmonies. Oh yes - the harmonies are here at last, the bits that were lacking from 'Consume And Die' are here in spades. So get digging. This is a cigarette (no pun intended - honestly) lighter waving anthem of epic proportions and if released by an more famous and far less talented lot would stick around the top ten for aeons. Some time there is no justice.
Next up is live favourite 'The Rules We Rock 'N' Roll By' - a song so catchy even my Dad (who claims, and I quote, that most of what I listen to is "noisy bollocks you can't hear the words in") was impressed. So simple and so effective, and forced to pick a song to best some up AntiProduct, this would have to be it. The sort of song you hear once and are plagued by it for weeks. It's the best wave your pint in the air, hug the person next to you and go spastic song you'll hear this year.
Cheesecore. No I have no idea either - but that's the description the band have given 'Going All The Way', and… it's quite appropriate. This song is so cheesy it could be a hit for Mr Cheese and The Cheddars. The song is classic AP and, quite frankly, defies description. It really has to be heard to be believed, and I refuse to believe that Alex was not pissing himself laughing while he was writing it. Fab song though.
'Arms Around The World' is that one from the Infernal album. The one where the girls get to scream lots and make a lot of men feel small. 'Arms…' is a fantastic example of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks, only everything sticks and the result is a glorious collage of noise that really should not work, but does. And you always knew it would.
The rest of the tracks are relatively throwaway radio sessions, but worth hearing for SuperDave Robinson's intro to 'Bungee…' - hilari-arse. The improvement from the first album is more than just noticeable, it leaves me positively salivating in await of 'And Tomorrow…The World'. Superb stuff - go get.
Joe
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