There’s a ‘Brechtian punk cabaret’ trio called The Tiger Lillies whose songs are dark, often beautifully sorrowful and macabre vignettes of life. There’s a parallel between them and Kid Klumsy – an air of the sideshow or sad carnival. But where The Tiger Lillies evoke a smoky, jazzy, decadent burlesque vibe with their accordion and stand-up bass and drums underscoring an operatic falsetto, Weab and company deliver full-on jaunty power pop punk that’s irrepressibly infectious, however dark or gritty the lyrical themes. This EP is bookended with a couple of slices of fairground barrel organ-like waltz time riffing – an Intro that evokes a sleazy Victorian fairground feel that feeds gloriously into the frantic ska punk of Coconuts – a litany of modern day freaks ...