Peaness – Are You Sure?

Given the mess that is the current turbulence of the social and political climate of the world – Brexit-based worriment, Trump torment and all –  it’s not surprising that the title of Peaness’ new EP is the embodiment of worry. Are You Sure? is that rare breed of five-track wonderment that captures the combination of disheartenment and appetite for change that comes when the little people are sick of being crushed under the boot of the ruling elite.

Brimming with sunshine melodies and a gritty, sugar/salt vocal undercurrent, this EP is infectious and massively moreish, and surprisingly, not half as uncertain as its title suggests. Indeed, here is an EP that opens in the decrying of George Osborne’s tyranny in an anti-love anthem of the broken hearted, and ends with a certain full stop, an expressive rally against our doom.

This call to arms, this paradoxically saccharine bugle call for creative free thinking and empowerment, urges its listeners – in the most breezy and summery way it’s possible to urge anyone – to overcome uncertainty, to be heard, and above all, to be happy.

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