Public Body - Big Mess

Brighton’s art-rockers Public Body have released their debut album ‘Big Mess’ via FatCat Records.  A quick scan of the song titles provides an idea of the main theme of the album, observations of modern life and its challenges: from ‘Age Of Junk’ to ‘Driven By Data’ to ‘Cathode Ray Tubes’ you get the idea.  However Big Mess is far from a big mess, its quite the opposite. 

Public Body operate at high speed. The five-piece are a tight unit who manage to sound off kilter, and all at a furious pace. Opening track ‘Break From Life’ appears to provide the summary before the album even kicks in!  Modern life is exhausting and overwhelming and can lead to procrastination. “Taking a break from life / I’m taking a break from life” sings Gilmore over and over.  The irony of course is that the track sets off at a frenetic pace, just like life at times.  We just want to stop, take a breath before we have to jump back into the slipstream of modern life’s multiple demands.