POP48 – ILWTT
the ethnobabes are from the considerably cooler climes (we’re guessing) of oslo, norway but will pull some but not all of the same strings that pale sunday manage to. “thoughts on barbecuing” is four uniformly well-executed indie pop numbers, garnished with not un-fey female vocals: “the tongue song” in its chorus provides the most accessible moments inamidst a catalogue of the band’s apparent favourite foodstuffs, while “number eight” details with brio the singer’s recent collection of male conquests. cookin’.