London's drinkme are a trio with considerable experience in beating a path through the indie jungle. Guitarist Julian's credits include liaisons with Siobhan Fahey and the influential Whitey, while bassist/ vocalist Ruth was once a part of Britpop stalwarts Echobelly and drummer Aidan was, er, well, I dunno....but he IS a good drummer anyway.
As a unit, they've been making waves, too. They've headlined Alan McGee's Death Disco and Sean McLusky's Sonic Mook Experiment and played notable support slots with The Libertines, The Others and Client in recent times, while their website (www.drimkmeonline.co.uk ) suggests their music mixes up "influences as diverse as '80s electronica, 70s punk and ska and 90s Britpop."
Turns out that's not a load of old nonsense, either, at least if debut single "Manifesto" is anything to go by. Because this is persuasive stuff: with the initial bubbly electronica soon slipping into something far more comfortable thanks to sassy, disco-fied basslines and angular skeins of guitar. It's a neat, playful distillation of '80s pop and lippy '90s Britpop and very witty with it, not least when saucy mare Ruth sings "I had a dream that Robert Smith was walking by my side/ we were debating whether Siouxsie was the jealous kind." I bet that wasn't all you were doing neither!
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Naughty, but nice intro to drinkme's world, then, and the two remixes demonstrate they have the reconstruction game all sewn up an' all. The "Vote Whitey" remix is glitchy, sparse and nervy with its' spine very much the bassline, while the "Le Remix de Ohm" is squidgier and closer to "Manifesto"s original rockist heart, even though the dancefloor is very much the conquest at the forefront of its' mind.
All of which suggests that while drinkme may not yet quite taste like the nectar of the Gods, but they're certainly shaping up as an elixir you'll want to indulge in wantonly.
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