Tangerines - Into The Flophouse

Landing somewhere between the ramshackle kicks of The Modern Lovers, the alt charm of Tom Petty and the more modern successors to the Americana throne (The Growlers, Kevin Morby et al), Tangerines’ debut pits them as US devotees stuck on the wrong side of the Atlantic. ‘Keep On Racing’ bounces past like a laidback update of the Lovers’ ‘Roadrunner’, while the rollocking romp of previous single ‘Peckham Boys’ is about as far away from South London’s chicken shops and overground tubes as they come.

If there’s a criticism to be made of ‘Into The Flophouse’, it’s that over ten tracks there’s little variation - singer Gareth Hoskins’ 50-a-day tone is nothing if not consistent – but fundamentally Tangerines have crafted something enjoyable enough to merit sticking it out to the end for.