Opener ‘Message of Joy’ immediately evokes all that is great about The Fall (except for Mark E.Smith’s irreplaceable rants of course), with repetitive lumbering bass hooks and minimal drums. The slightly psychedelic guitar which chimes over the top sounds oh so right, and lyrics leer at you like a dingy basement bar: ‘Would you like to try mine on?’

‘Hooves’ employs similar brattish charisma, before the album descends into slightly more inconsistent, but still worthy deluges of art punk. The sound comes complete with elements of Can and even Prince (who the band cites as an influence) but never veers from the DIY ethic.

The EP will take a couple of spins, but Electricity In Our Homes are a bunch of gangly twenty-somethings to keep an eye on. The resurfacing of cool Hawaiian guitars on outro ‘Goodbye’ is a reminder of a punk-shatteringly original sound which serves as a refreshing swerve away from landfill indie.

We Agree Completely sounds like more of a taster of what’s to come though. Impressive and a worthy nod to the unsung British DIY punk scene, it leaves you wanting more. No bad thing for a six track EP. James Labous

http://beardedmagazine.co.uk/wp/?p=1117

Organ Magazine

ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – We Agree Completely (Parlour) – We are very impressed, we will watch over your sleep, horse breath on necks, they should be proud, arms and legs used well, this is good for you, they’ll make you proud...  Why would a band you’ve never heard or don’t really know make you proud? Don’t ask such awkward questions, just be thankful for the electricity and bands who have something a little more to them... It isn’t like nothing like this has happened before, still feels good when it does though. Don’t you want to (follow)?. Six tracks from the London band, all trustingly thrustingly discordant and rushing about and full of life and simultaneously inharmoniously good, so good that cup of tea that I was making went all cold and stewed and cold tea and scenes from the life of a double mattress and hooves and a glorious musical tension in their message of joy. The Message Of Joy here is that we have a fine fine record from a rather good band here and would you like to try mine on...? Effortlessly edgy, good and going off and things to say...Other pop post-punk, wrong pop – wrong pop? That’s the term I was trying to remember, whatever happened to all that wrong pop energy? Here it is... Good! A fluid sound this time, well less scratchy that previous envounters, they’re evolving well... This is great, we’re very impressed with you, all horse breath and perfectly pleased... www.myspace.com/electricityinourhomes – Oh, they’re doing an instore thing at Rough Trade East here in London at 6.00pm on Saturday 25th July... use your arms and legs, they’ll keep you well, perfectly pleased, one of the best new musical things for ages.... 

http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/

Clash

London trio Electricity in Our Homes here spread a prophetic ‘Message of Joy’ to all those around them, this single resonating a real sense of optimism. The group’s ballsy assembly of heavy basslines mixed with punchy, overlapping vocals essentially creates what can only be considered to be complete discordance in song form, encompassing a wealth of raw energy.

http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/singles-round-up-july-27

Offset

http://thisisoffset.co.uk/

Norman Records - SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Electricity In Our Homes new EP 'We Agree Completely' is a total winner. I think i've heard a couple of singles but they've not quite sunk in as effectively as this 12" EP. They've got the whole post punk style well down!!! Message of Joy reminds me of the bands like Gang of Four, ESG, Contortions and The Slits. On a contemporary note they also share a little in common with Liars (especially on 'Hooves') and maybe Erase Errata, though I put this down to being influenced by the same kinds of bands.. They have the ability to come of sounding both competent and amateur in the same breathe, almost as if they wanna break free from their own musical limitations. All six songs are worthy cuts and all make imaginative use of the instruments at their disposal. I think the bass playing is particularly awesome and the guitars have the occasional D. Boon vibe, especially on the ultra hummable 'Don't You Want To (Follow)'. This is the sound of a band who are on the verge of taking things to the next level, a good time to get into them me thinks. Modern post punk at it's best and a real pleasurable listen. Awesome stuff. Ultra recommended by me!!!

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/109203

With one member down and one record contract under their belt, it’s with a somewhat different voice Electricity In Our Homes hit out from previous single ‘Gymnastics’. ‘Message of Joy’ is, for starters, a slab of confusion at first tucked between their wayward bass and some snappy cymbals. The repeat line of “would you like to try mine on?” leads to the crux of the situation, but giving a retort before the initial statement has been made. With their Gang of Four influenced cross-over vocals through the verse, there’s a twist of concentration for the listener, which always manages to feel exciting.

So far, so post-punk. Their clothes may represent a rather monotone palette, but it is the cross-rhythms that protrude from tracks like ‘Hooves’ that keep the energy and shades apparent. The use of Bonnie’s vocal – although by no means dazzling in the warbling stakes of these things – adds the subtle sheen of femininity to what is otherwise succinctly masculine and aggressive art-rock; the coiffure of volume to a tentatively limp cut if you will.

Now, to play devil’s advocate, what most bands touting this genre, and in fact people, generally fail to notice is the playful, occasionally funk, side to garage and psychedelic beat music. Thankfully a reminder can be found in instrumental ‘Goodbye’. It leads out slightly devoid of the off-kilter sentiments in the rest of 'We Agree Completely' – made up for in the x-amounts of dumb fun being had in the amusingly titled ‘Scenes From The Life of A Double Mattress’, which compacts the argy-bargy attempts at rhythms that many a chamber hath witnessed.

‘Don’t You Want To (Follow)?’ matches the opener in its bed of pre-empting answers, but has a waggling bass finger to keep it in line. The drumming also takes on its own dimensions of melody – machine gunning, slapping thighs and then sitting back behind the brushes. The lyrics get more upset in their tortured repetition of “don’t you want to?”, the threatening romp to Franz’s ‘Do You Wanna?’.

They’ve set themselves the mighty task of sounding like their heroes without sounding stale in this world of revivals and reminders of the ‘good old days’. EIOH are, however, far from scraping the barrels of the aforementioned Gang, Neu! of Factory Floor. They’re minimalists – challenging, repeat functions, pretentious – but full of layers that so dissolve the need for an occasion to play them. So while they’ve no doubt got one eye on Gill and co’s return, they are equally (and oddly) very much the hear and now.

ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES
silver medal in gymnastics / Motorbike

we are now a three piece band and have scrapped all of our old material and written (and are writing) new songs. we are recording a new 7" single next monday to be released on 4AD in the next couple of months. we are aranging some uk and european dates also for the near future.

more to come

e.i.o.h

by www.godisthetvzine.com

Post-punk revival will always be a problem. For every Interpol, Clinic and Prinzhorn Dance School there's an Ipso Facto, Neils Children and now the newest batch of London scenesters, Electricity In Our Homes.

The main problem with Electricity In Our Homes is that they confuse influence and imitation. Whilst a band like The Horrors were able to adapt the ragtag and noisy style of the late 1970s post-punk movement into something new, Electricity In Our Home's latest single 'We Thought It Was But It Wasn't' ends up sounding like an outtake from a Fire Engines recording session, complete with the sparse production, spidery guitars and tinny drums that were – mostly due to a lack of budget and technology – a trademark of the Scot rockers. As money and technology problems evidently aren't the case with Electricity In Our Homes, this single becomes even more unforgivable.

Sadly their imitation isn't even particularly good, as at least the obscure acts they cite as their influences were capable of penning some fantastically addictive riffs amongst the general chaos of their music. 'We Thought It Was But It Wasn't' struggles through its incredibly short running time on a paper-thin and wholly forgettable guitar riff, singer Thomas Warmerdam's bargain-bin Mark E. Smith impersonation rumbling awkwardly over the top of it.

Utterly pointless.

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culturedeluxe.com

Although Too Pure as a label is now defunct with its back catalogue and acts incorporated into 4AD, the brand still has a few releases to honour. 'We Thought It Was, But It Wasn't' is raucous, almost tuneless punk rock with no concept of chorus or verse and, as such, probably stands as a suitable headstone for the label...and a sage reminder as to why they probably went under in the first place...shouting and an 'interesting' name don't equate to record sales.
Posted on 12 June 2008 by Richard Brown

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NARC magazine

Words: Rob Sampson



This is about as chaotic and disjointed as anything else that is out there at the moment. Just over a minute and a half of dirty, filthy art-rock. In the space of that just over a minute and a half, you'll be subjected to the sneering and vocal aggression of an amalgamation of Johnny Rotten and Mark E. Smith, a frenzied assault of anarchic guitar lines like Zappa fronting Melt Banana, and a rhythm section that could've been taken from one of Ian Dury and the Blockheads' lost singles, with the machine gun drums and humpy thumpy bass determined to march down your street, kick your door in and drag you dancing down your path in an impulsive paroxysm of glee.
The band have a distinctively 80s sound about them, which is no bad thing. I'd much rather be sitting like a kid in my Lord Anthony anorak with a bag of glue listening to this band of rag-tag rogues in some graffiti covered squat, than face the reality of getting older and older.

Go and lose yourself in this single and hear a band expressing all of their insecurities and not giving a shit about it.

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THE INDEPENDENT

words by TIM BURGESS


Their new single 'We Thought It Was but it Wasn't' is extremely intense. The sleeve is made out of sugar paper to ensure you treat it with utmost respect, if you spill anything on it will dissolve. Their sounds are more heartless, harsher, and noisier than any specific recording that has been made in this decade. A musical aesthetic kinda reminiscence of early Adam and the Ants/Mars/P.I.L. I heard they put tin foil covers on the microphones to make the vocals sound more dreadful.

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NEW-NOICE.NET

What they thought was that bad East London punk-funk was still in fashion. At least they worked it out in the end.

By Tom Mendelsohn

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bearded magazine

'We Thought it Was, But it Wasn't' (Too Pure) from Electricity in our Homes. It is lo-fi garage punk that takes on the brashness and vocal styling of Beestung Lips, that being off-kilter screaming and incomprehensible lyrics. It is the kind of punk Too Pure has been renowned for in its time, and quite a fitting, if underwhelming, footnote in its story.

by Jeremy Style

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SUBBA-CULTCHA

More wondrous noise from Too Pure, EIOH Have the demonic spirit of the Birthday Party given a scrappy, Fall-like edge… great stuff!

By Jeremy Chick

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THE NEW THING

'We Thought It Was But It Wasn't': another disjointed uneasy Electricity In Our Homes post-punk pop-song. One point five minutes no punches pulled: scratched Bunnyman/Fire Engine guitar enters ear ricochets round skull strikes sparks off cracked crazed vocals to the accompaniment of steam powered rhythm pieces slowly deconstructing stop start stop start stop start. Buy it.

this is from the independent website, Tim is going to be writing a column for them regularly, it will always be (more than) worth a read, even when it is not all about us.

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....translated from english to french and then back to english for this, with e.i.o.h +

Electricity In Our Homes

Q.Could you tell us quickly about the band?

Paul (drummer): There is four people in the band. We all attempt to do very well supposedly in playing instruments which have been made before you were born. Not the ones that we play but in, you know.

Charles (guitar): We all try our best.

Q.You're one of the bands which stand out in the concept and in the music of London scene, how come you've found your individual sound so soon in your career?

Charles :we're heavily influenced by quite a few bands, and then also we can't help but be…We're massively influenced by very sparse bands you know, I think everybody can tell you who they are.

Paul: You know we've just come across, it's a meeting of mind. That's a meeting, playing records, we've bought some of the same records. You know this, we know that, we tell a story, we think that's a good story, so let's write about it.

Charles: The four of us played records to each other over a year before we even played together.

Q.When your name comes to mind, immediately other bands will pop out such as Neils Children, Hatcham Social…What do you think you have all in common ?

Charles: What do we have in common John, with Neils Children and Hatcham Social?

John(N/C): I think it's just like actually knowing what you want to do and do it rather than not doing what you want to do, that's just fuckin' shit.

Rhys(The Horrors): It's not about an idea of sound, it's an idea of delivery.

*everybody says « oh »*

John: We are all delivering the same goods. We've got different ways to put it but they've got the same attitude. That seems like the typical punk thing to say but it's doing and not caring, really only caring about what your friends think.

Charles : we're really selfish people.

Q.It seems like you've reflected on your aesthetic…

Charles : Basically we just wanted to show up, put our work clothes, go to work, come off, take off our work clothes.

Paul : I haven't taken off my work clothes !

Charles : We've spent a lot of time together, I think an easy way for representing that is being in an uniform. Oh Bonnie, we're talking about why we're wearing the same color ?

Bonnie : It has more shades in grey than any other color.

 12/03/08
we have recorded a new 7" single to be released on the 19th of may on waks records/too pure..

pre-orders will start a couple of weeks before the confirmed release date.

new songs, including both sides of the new single will be on our profile before the release.

this blog will updated when there is more info.

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update-10/05

the release date has been pushed back to 02/06

we are currently working on the artwork,

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update- 13/06

the single has been put back.... it is out on monday 23/06