Superfood

Part of the new wave of bands coming out of Birmingham, Superfood have never released an album, and only have one official song released. They are currently touring with Peace, a fellow B-Town band, and are gradually building up a loyal fan base all over the UK. Considering the amount of songs they've released, this has been done purely on the strength of their live shows and word of mouth, which, when you think about it, is pretty damn impressive.

Superfood only have one sound on Soundcloud, and it's their self-titled debut track. The quality of the voice is slightly gritty and unclean, and the shouting in the background gives you the impression it was recorded in someone's spare room - it's by no means a bad thing. All of that compliments the raw quality of the song. The bass in particular, played by the awesome Emily Baker, holds the whole thing together; the rest of the song is built around the ever-present slides and pangs of the bass. But it's not all unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed: the clean kick of the drums and the backing vocals that croon "superfoooood" add the tiny bit of polish needed so they don't sound like they recorded it in the back of a moving tour bus. However, the fact that the majority of it is very much guitar-based allows the song to do Rolling Stones with a bit of Foo Fighters. The one thing that I don't like about the song is the tendency of the lead singer to sound a bit Top of the Pops during the verses, by which I mean a bit boy band-y in the way he pronounces some words - however, that's all gone by the time you get to "YOU'RE ALWAYS HUNGRY!!" Crowd-pleaser if ever there was one.



Superfood sound like the illegitimate lovechild of Alex Turner and Dave Grohl. Which makes me love them. A lot. Jump on the Superfood bandwagon now, before their Facebook likes and Twitter followers get above 5,000! It'll happen soon, trust me. Especially if they keep on going like this.

Rating 8/10