But now that I've found it, I'll give you the benefit of my thinking about the little gem this item is.

The ep opens with the title track which is destined to become a  pogo anthem first class. The difference between true punk a la 76 and this is that the original flobbers didn't really know what they were upto - these guys do - they're post-punk revivalists in the mould of art-school new wavers such as The Cure with a nod towards the likes of  X-Ray Spex.

Track 2 'Entertainment' cements the foregoing image but before we get stuck in a one-trick pony groove, track 3 'Look The Other Way' shoots off in a slightly different direction, being  a farmore raw stripped down slow Oi-Oi type number and track 4 'The One Eyed Stranger' takes us pretty close to Beefheart Territory with its interesting soprano sax blowing effects. 

The Gaa Gaa's top off their already very tastyep- pudding with a dollop of syrupy cream called 'When I'm On My Own' [very AA Milnian]. This kicks off with a Floydian riff which melts into a Mike Skinner-type rap over an essentially instrumental piece of horny jazzed-up ska.

I suspect The Gaa Gaa's have many more influences stored up their sleeves which I look forward to being released one by one over the next few records.

Gaa Gaa'stly? - No way. Gaa Gaa-ntuan? - I hope so. - Abi Rhodes

Found here - http://www.abi-rhodes.typepad.com/


Gaa Gaa' S it is a quartet from Brighton influenced as much by Cure, Killing Joke that Music Machine as their site myspace attests some. New Wave, punk and garage are thus at the base of the music of the group.
This We Are Al Pop Stars is thus their first EP and is produced by Alistair Gavan (he seems first bass player of what was going to become Electric Soft Parades).
The formula of The Gaa Gaa' S is rather basic: front of guitar binary and aggressive, synthé epileptic, low and metronomic battery and a singer who Braille of the words quasi spell-bindings… “We Are Al Pop Stars”, “Entertainment” and “Look The Other Way” are copied on the same model, are crossed that and by squirted there guitars. If “Pop We Al Stars” is rather painful over the length, the two other pieces seem controlled better sounding like a crossing between The Cribs, The Horrors and Neils Children.
However the group has evil in spite of obvious the good intentions and the quality of interpretation, to make a success of its bet: to do better than the above mentioned groups (finally except The Cribs…).
Until these the last two pieces… “The One Eyed Stranger” and “When I' m One My Own” which see the appearance of a saxophonist, Luke Georgiou de Twisted Charm, which brings a new dimension to the group. One thinks immediately of immense Steven MacKay on Fun House of Stooges. Straightforwardly.
Thus, “The One Eye' D Stranger” builds initially on the same bases that the first pieces becomes a kind of “1970” modern whereas “When I' m One My Own” could have been called “Brighton Blues”, kind of fright apocalyptic being spread out over more than six minutes…
Only for these two pieces the group deserves that one stops there, and that one put a few euros on them. - Mr. Rock

Found in french magazine Raw Power Magazine - http://rawpowermagazine.blogspot.com/

"A frothing cup of goth broth with three heaped teaspoons of speed" - The Brighton Source

Found in the July 09 issue of Brighton Source Magazine - www.brightonsource.com


"Brighton based mob The Gaa Gaa's have a message for us set against driving casade of seesawing guitars and bass rhythms. Gavin Tate inspiringly takes on a punk mantel - vocalized delivery hits hard. Thrashing, anarchistic and thoroughly bracing."



Found in the June issue no 33 of The PiX - www.thepixine.co.uk 


Brighton's Gaa Gaas have a very simple approach to making their riotous punk racket: why use two riffs when you can use one, over and over again, for upwards of four minutes? It works on the title track of We Are All Pop Stars!, probably the best here (the organ and guitar seem to have bludgeoned burrowed their way into your skull by the time the song ends with an abrupt yelp) and it works on 'Look The Other Way', which sounds a bit like a lost Neils Children track. Elsewhere there's a little more variety: 'When I'm On My Own' is a psychedelic mini-epic with a saxophone cameo from Luke Georgiou of Twisted Charm (remember them?) and 'The One Eye'd Stranger' has a sort of jazzy lilt to it. This isn't fashionable and it isn't particularly original, but what it does have going for it is a hell of a lot of energy and a good sense of humour, two things which have been a little lacking in some of the music around at the moment.

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