Bad Trip wear their bleeding heart on their sleeve, with lyrics that address every social ill in the book. ou can tell the lyrics were written from the gut.
Pere Ubu used to be (c.1975) a collection of strange noises gathered under loose pop trappings. Ray Gun Suitcase is interesting pop with strange noises.
I’ve always been impressed that the ex-frontman of mod punk legends, the Jam and Style Council, can wind up sounding like Eric Clapton and actually pull it off.
It’s fun, happy… kinda like a beefed-up Partridge Family. Heavens To Murgatroid has cornered the power pop style, and now wears coats made from its pelt.