Cajun Dance Party’s ‘The Race’ couldn’t be any more appropriately titled. Kicking off with a big echoing surf guitar riff it manages to squeeze in everything from jangly indie to lush orchestration in four frantic minutes.
Seemingly determined to display everything they have up their sleeve and then some it ends up as something of a musical hotch potch. Perhaps it’s the folly of youth. After all when they’re not hanging out with producer Bernard Butler the band’s members are still at school hard at work studying for their A-Levels.
Then again, it’s harsh to criticise their willingness to experiment but ‘The Race’ could certainly do with is a little more scholarly discipline and a little less sonic experimentation. Stewart McCullough
