Cucumber

Description

The Sexual Objects is the latest project assembled by Davy Henderson, previously leader of the hugely influential Fire Engines and The Nectarine No.9. The group has released four limited edition singles to date exclusively on 7 vinyl, all of which have long sold out. The debut album, Cucumber, is a joint release on the Creeping Bent and Aktion und Spass labels and is only available on vinyl / LP format. The tracks on Cucumber were recorded in various studios in Scotland and featured several producers; Boards of Canada, Russell Burn (Hendersons old Fire Engines cohort), and John Disco (Bis). The initial idea of the singles was to capture the raw immediacy of early records by the Move and Modern Lovers, however echoes of John Cales early solo work and Lou Reeds Transformer pervade the overall sound of album.

4****/5 UNCUT.

The Guardian : Time to lubricate your living room again,doo wop x Velvets / Television drones x Bowie / Eno glam period, its totally ace

The List : A frighteningly assured amalgam of freakbeat garage glam and east coast cool Henderson and co are still the best rocknroll band on this or any other planet

Basement Scam : Henderson spews a languid croon that sounds like Bob Dylan in the mid-sixties over an appealing Bolan-esque boogie, glamming it up like a reverbless Jesus & Mary Chain, the whole history of Scots pop flowing through their veins.

Fire Escape Talking : Here Come The Rubber Cops has the attractively louche narcotic drawl of Lou Reed, and sounds like Prince taking on The Only Ones. You can hear a bit of Marquee Moons apocalypse the darkness doubling, lightning striking itself too