Single Review: Fool

The Echo Ohs

Review by Paul Goddard // 3 May 2019
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Check out some of the ways that have been used to describe the sound Auckland three piece The Echo Ohs create. It is pretty entertaining, psych cowboy, Psych Spaghetti surf?, garage punk, psychedelic cowboy spook!

Psychedelic or psychotic there is a theme albeit loosely lost in translation

So where does their latest single Fool sit? 

More importantly how does it make me feel? Not spooked and certainly not with an inexcusable urge to download the latest Blake Shelton Album!

It has that raw under produced feel we are used to, and the vocals of Yolanda are as always a stand out. It’s uplifting refrain of ooooooh reminds me of Kim Deal at her simplistic beautiful best. The whole song has that spaced out Pixies vibe and is a slice of pure cool summery vibes. Musically it rumbles along like a building storm and then out of the dark shine those vocals like sunlight striking through brooding clouds. (Jeez they have me waxing all lyrical now)

With Fool, The Echo Ohs have done what they do best. They have kept things simple, engaging and ultimately as entertaining as the way people like me scramble to describe what they do. 

I am not sure what Psych Spaghetti Surf is but if this is it I will have some on my toast.

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About the author Paul Goddard

UK-based music fan and singer who used to live in NZ and was the vocalist with NZ-based band Garden Party Riot. His love of music led Paul to own his rehearsal studio in the UK and NZ, managing and promoting bands and putting on gigs. Paul has recently launched his Music Saves merchandise brand, with split profits going to the Music Venue Trust, which supports grassroots venues in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Paul continues to attend numerous gigs in the UK and also writes for the Oxford-based Nightshift Fanzine.

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