Oh Atoms // You Can't See The Stars From Here

Oh, Atoms are a sugary sweet, happy, cheerful band. Sounding a lot like Magic Numbers, Gwen and Mark “Atom” have done well to produce a 12 track album in an attic in Hackney. Of course, Atom isn’t their real surname, but it does add to their surrealistic stage façade. The band have a sound that is similar also to The Ting Tings, especially as both bands have only 2 members, but Oh, Atoms play all their own instruments – and we all hate bands who don’t play their own instruments, don’t we! The duo was propelled to fame rather quickly last year, when their material was used in the film "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging” – it is from this that we can see their target audience tends to be young teenage girls. Although having been a young teenage girl once, I can’t remember liking this style of music. My reluctant favourite track of the album is Ice Cream Blonde, as it seems to have a glimmer of substance in the lyrics and the melody itself isn’t all that bad. The whole album is a bit too sickly and syrup-tasting for my liking, though I can’t deny the obvious time and effort that has gone into making a record which really should be heard, if only to keep up with the underground charts.