On first listen I was not enthused with this latest offering from Trash Money. After hearing frontman Chris Tate declare "I'm on a 747 coming out of the night, and I'm misbehavin' on an airplane flight" not one, not two, but twelve times consecutively, I naturally started to draw comparisons to the lyrical diversity of Two Unlimited's "No Limit". But thankfully, this is where the similarities end...
Formed in 1998 by ex-Sneaker Pimp Joe Wilson and Hunch Pilgrim's Chris Tate, Trash Money are a defiantly anti-genre band, citing influences from Hot Chocolate to Hanoi Rocks.
Straddling rock, pop and electro, the hypnotic effect that this 3:38-minute track has - with its fusillade of industrial beats, dirty guitar riffs, sexy synths and slinky piano - is impressive. The audacity of Tate's brash, ever-so-slightly irksome vocals is astutely pitched against the heavy whip-slap drum machines.
Shedding their trip hop lineage, Trash Money's gritty sound is an innovative pastiche of glam rock, electro, punk and disco, which becomes palatable with subsequent listens. Primed with high voltage infectious hooks, 747 will have you tapping your foot and shouting along, David Lee Roth-style, before you know it.
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Having met at art school, Wilson and Tate formed a collaborative project with the focus revolving around their experiences, frustrations and record collections. Fostering hints of Earl Brutus, an art-rock band, who lets face it, were never going to send flames ripping through the music scene, Trash Money swim in the same vein with their eclectic fusion.
Endorsed by the likes of Lauren Laverne and the Mighty Boosh, their steadily growing fan base is solid and selective. Although their sound may not be a universally friendly to the auditory canal, those who acquire a taste will keep coming back for more.
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