Wonder Villains - Zola EP

With school behind them, Wonder Villains can concentrate on music more fully and they weren't planning on taking their time, already releasing their first proper EP on No Dancing Records, which is out on the 17th of October 2011 and Touring with General Fiasco (dates below) is their latest addition to the list which includes New Young Pony Club and The Undertones as well as their performances at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, Glasgowbury and T-vital.



The title track Zola is an incredibly catchy, somewhat humorous pop tune with so much going so much going for it and such rave reviews that the only thing stopping Wonder Villains from growing an intergalactic ego is that they've heard it all before. If Gianfranco Zola ever hears this song you'd have to assume he'd be pretty pleased as not only is it a brilliant song, it's lyrics state pretty clearly that he was a brilliant player.


The Wonder Villains - Zola by AU Magazine

In 33 the instruments take a small step back, in order for you to really concentrate on the lyrics which is especially useful as all Wonder Villains song are perfect for singing along to and with their upbeat pop feel it's impossible not to feel good listening to this EP. Not to be forgotten about though, the small step back doesn't mean the instrumental side to this track is any less great and it, in fact, it has a keyboard you could listen to all day long (which makes it a shame that the song's only 2:37 long).


Then comes Running In Circles, written a good three years ago it was bound to be a little different to their more recent work, but definitely not in a bad way! With a little faster paced vocals it might not be as easy to sing along to but that doesn't stop you trying but  if you're looking for a song that's a little less pop and has much more guitar while keeping the Wonder Villains catchy style, you've found it.

If you were looking for something to complain about, however, it might not have been so fruitful. You'll probably have noticed that all three songs are quite short, averaging at 2:30 but you'll also have noticed that each song is so good you're just gonna stick it on repeat anyway. And when you do that, you'll realize these songs get better each time and that's something which can back up the BBC when they describe it as "An all conquering hit." and said "it really is pop gold." If you can't tell already, I agree and that's why i'm giving the EP an all out 95% but I've given you two of the three to listen to (Running In Circles below) and 33 can be found  here, along with the other two... so feel free to make your own mind up and post what you think below, in the comments section.

Tour Dates (with General Fiasco):

Sat 22nd Oct - Academy 2, Dublin
Sun 23rd Oct - Thekla, Bristol
Tues 25th Oct - King Tuts, Glasgow
Wed 26th Oct - Rainbow, Birmingham
Thurs 27th Oct - Islington academy 2, London
Sat 29th Oct - Deaf institute, Manchester
Sun 30th Oct - Queens, Belfast