The Zutons Who Killed... The Zutons?

• The Zutons – Zuton Fever
• The Zutons – Pressure Point
• The Zutons – You Will You Won't
• The Zutons – Confusion
• The Zutons – Havana Gang Brawl
• The Zutons – Railroad
• The Zutons – Long Time Coming
• The Zutons – Nightmare (Pt. II)
• The Zutons – Not A Lot To Do
• The Zutons – Remember Me
• The Zutons – Dirty Dancehall
• The Zutons – Moons & Horror Shows

• 1. Zuton Fever
• 2. Pressure Point
• 3. You Will You Won't
• 4. Confusion
• 5. Havana Gang Brawl
• 6. Railroad
• 7. Long Time Coming
• 8. Nightmare (Pt. II)
• 9. Not A Lot To Do
• 10. Remember Me
• 11. Dirty Dancehall
• 12. Moons & Horror Shows

The Zutons' debut murder mystery came in 2004, introducing them not but as revivalists but magpies, raiding Merseyside's lineage then splashing it up with Stax brass, psych-pop twitchiness and barroom soul. The album's Mercury nomination confirmed what the grooves already suggested: this was indie rock with colour in its cheeks, where 'Zuton Fever' kicks the door in with wiry guitar and honking sax; 'Pressure Point' struts on cowbell and clipped funk (helped into ubiquity by a Levi's Jeans sync); 'Havana Gang Brawl' on restless, exigent jangle. Long scarce on wax, this reissue restores the debut, a band delighting in its own contradictions: brash, tender, retro-minded, gleefully off-centre.