Fun fact: I have never attempted to tango, much less in an attic. I can’t, and more importantly, won’t dance, but I imagine doing something like that in such a confined space would be a whole lot of fun. It is fitting, then, that the new single from Scottish troupe Tango in the Attic, should be so raucous. It is the sort of punchy, melodic garage-pop that’s seemingly irresistible, but even though it would have been easy to rite a song with ramshackle charm scrawled over it, the quartet’s Mona Lisa Overdrive is tight-knit and musically accomplished, hearkening back somewhat to the math-rock influences that were audible in earlier material. It is straightforward, yet not afraid to throw in a twist or two; you would expect it to follow a verse-chorus-verse route, but an unexpected, yet no less energetic, riff-driven coda kicks in around the two-minute mark. Mona Lisa Overdrive is the second single (following the March release of Paw Prints) to be taken from their sure-to-be-excellent second album, which is entitled Sellotape and arrives on May 28th. If it’s as consistent as its singles suggest, then it should prove easy to become attached to.
Mona Lisa Overdrive video:
Paw Prints free download:
