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Honeyblood - No Big Deal

Bouncing back from changing drummers, Honeyblood continue to be prolific, matching quantity with quality.

26th February 2015

Honeyblood’s tremendous debut was something noisy. Although not quite reaching the ear-splitting volume of their pre-LP releases, their self-titled album was at times, a furious, fast, jangly onslaught, in the best possible way, with big bastard choruses and sing-along melodies dotted across a scratchy, acerbic sound.

So it’s a bit of a surprise then, that their new track ‘No Big Deal’ takes more from the school of Pavement and Sleater-Kinney. A totally new guitar sound - a more trebley, reverby prospect - glistens on a melody that snakes into a far more unorthodox chord pattern than the Glasgow-based duo have previously utilised.

With a lyric that’s unerringly laconic, Stina Tweeddale showcases a vocal that’s slower and more transparent in feeling. “Can we slumber together” is sung in earnest, yet the writing - and the song title - displays total apathy. It’s an interesting contradiction, and Tweeddale seems to be growing as a songwriter, making the prospect of album two all the more alluring. This is a band that’s dealt with the stress of changing a vital component (new drummer Cat Myers makes an appearance here) and yet Honeyblood continue to be prolific, matching quantity with quality.

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