Mighty Kids describe their music as “melancholic uke-pop”, thankfully they’re much more interesting than that sounds. After a brief hiatus to work on other projects, including Grawl!x and the excellent, and un-googleable in a work scenario, Sex Jokes, the Derbyshire based trio re-convened, and finally got around to putting some music into the world, in the shape of their four-track EP, Wont You Reconsider?
Released on the excellent Reckless Yes label, Wont You Reconsider? covers an impressive amount of ground in its short run, as moments of melancholic bedroom pop collide with dance floor worthy bangers. The title track, Window is a wonderfully jaunty track about sleeping around until you realise the one you always wanted was already there; Fire And Moon is a joyous blast of chip-tune playfulness, while Hey Baby manages to be simultaneously strong and sad, as singer Shelley Jane Newman declares, “I remember the fights and how I could never be right, I looked for the answer in myself but it was not there to find, because it was just the me and you that wasn’t right”. They’ll break your heart, they’ll make you dance, those Mighty Kids made a mighty good record.
Released July 27th, 2018
Recorded by Mighty Kids at Snug Recording Co, Derby
Kristian Podhorodecki,
Rob Newman,
The Fat Angel Sings 