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Roy Irwin: 3, 2, 1, 2000

Irwin’s voice unites this first foray into full-length recording with its Devendra Banhart-esque charm, the album dripping with lo-fi catchiness and effortlessness. Slow acoustic slow Dreaming, with gentle guitar rhythm and Irwin’s lazy drawl, somehow floats on to the fuzzed-out punk of Baby, It’s Over without rendering the album incoherent. Baby I Gotta See You picks up from where Baby, It’s Over left off with some spiffy guitar riffs and a lot of ooh-ing and aah-ing that mixes the lethargy of Irwin’s songwriting with the toe-tapping energy of his guitar well. Pokemon Fever is relatively similar, so much so that I had to double-check whether or not Baby I Gotta See You was just a really long song. Unfortunately the album doesn’t progress much further – it’s like Irwin threw in the switch from acoustic to DIY punk just for the hell of it, but didn’t feel the need to do anything more. A shame because the early tracks are so promising and the finale Hail just leaves you wanting a little bit more out of his album.

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