I am in love with this London band, The Chap. Now this might seem like a careless overused hyperbole on my part, but I am serious. Their new CD Mega Breakfast has both a simple but complex sound, combined with lyrics that are short and vague but say a lot, and makes you want to dance but not all at the same time. That requires true skill.

Not to mention how incredibly strong all of the eleven tracks are, leaving you dumbfounded in the end with how there can still exist bands with enough talent to pull off an entire CD with no filler tracks and not sound repetitive at all. To start off, they hit you hard with a dance beat with sparse heavy guitar samples and a simple chorus that just repeats heartthrob over and over again in "They Have a Name" that lets you know, it's time to dance, but that hot guy you see on the dance floor? Watch out for him.

Then they trick you and switch to the more mellow but still powerful "Fun And Interesting", singing a super egotist who believes he should be cloned because the world deserves it, but with a chorus reciting this belief in an almost religious experience, along with a mix of minimalist electronic sounds, rock beats, and even some beautiful classical touches.

The rest of the CD makes you want to dance like an awkward spaceman while smiling at their absurd lyrics and deliciously refreshing sound. Your inner eccentric child will be happy you listened.

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