I once asked Paul Court what he did when not occupied
with Primitives business. Paul’s a quiet man of few words anyway but he
appeared particularly stumped by this question and I didn’t get a straight
answer, more a feeling that he didn’t actually do anything if he could help it.
"I like to sit
around” he sang tellingly on the Primitives ‘Working Isn’t Working’ from their 2014 Spin-O-Rama album, “I just want to sit doing nothing”.
It’s a theme the former Lazy recording artists continue
on ‘I’ll Trust The Wind’ the storming lead track from their brand new 10-inch EP,
New Thrills. ‘I think that I’ll just trust the wind, it might seem aimless but I’ll
get there in the end”, sings Tracy Tracy before bursting into a typical
buoyant Prims do-do-do-doo hook. Led by one of Paul’s sharpest razor guitar riffs
and a thumping rhythm section ‘I’ll Trust The Wind’ will blow a gapping hole through
many people’s Top 5 Primitives songs. It’s two and a half minutes of infectious
fizzy, fuzzy fun. An instant classic.
'Squeak ‘n’ Squawk’ follows in the same manner and is sure
to be a highlight in their live sets; Paul gets his usual quarter of lead vocal
duties on the gently rocking ‘Oh Honey Sweet’; and ‘Same Stuff’ is Tracy back
with a bang and a sugary twang.
Whatever Paul Court and the Primitives method of working,
or not, it is working for me. This EP
is as good as anything they’ve done. The only slight disappointment is this is
an EP and not the first four songs on an album but who knows how long that
would take so let’s not quibble about being gifted these ten minutes of new thrills.
New Thrills is out
now on Elefant Records. The Primitives play the 229 Club, London on Friday 26 May 2017.
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