Oh No! Oh My! are one of the latest string of bands to get up all in our faces with some badass exclamation marks. Following in the footsteps of !!!, Die! Die! Die!, Thunderbirds Are Now! and The Go! Team, Oh No! Oh My! seem to think that they need a name that packs as much of a punch as their music. I have to say though, I think it brings a lot of unwanted pressure to these young lads. It doesn't matter how many gigs you've sold out or how many killer shows you've played, if you play one flat song then there's always going to be some jerk at the back of the room complaining to his girlfriend 'you know I'm not really sure they deserve that exclamation mark'.

I have to say though, that I think these guys are very exclamation mark-worthy, albeit a big fluffy one. Oh No! Oh My! seem like the kind of guys that invite you over to their house, and when you get there they're just really happy to see you for some reason. And you go into their room and you see that they still have Care Bears on their beds, and their mum makes you celery sticks, and your thinking 'wow these guys grew up on the sunny side of lollypop lane'. But then as you're leaving you find a note in their desk drawer that has a list of the top ten ways they would like to disembowel a cat, complete with diagrams. But before you leap out of the nearest window you just kind of shake it off, assuming you're going a bit crazy cos you've been over-exposed to niceness. Kind of like sun stroke.

No better example is the glorious pop gem that is 'Walk In The Park'. The whole song is just an ode to what a wonderful day it is, complete with a singalong chorus of 'ba da bup bup ba da ba da'. It's just tailor made for a tampon commercial or something. But then on my 40th listen to the song, I realised that amongst all those fluffy lyrics, they sing "Nice day for a driiiiive by shooting" and I was thinking 'what the fuck? Did they just say...?'. But before i could finish that question they were bup bup bup-ing away and I was like 'yeah cool shooting whatever. Mmm guns.'

It's funny how if there's happy music you just go with the flow. Like in Reservoir Dogs when Michael Madsen is cutting that dudes ear off and 'Stuck In The Middle With You' comes on. You don't get grossed out at all. All that happens is that while you dance around the living room with an invisible partner you just wish your girlfriend would get home early so you could cut her face. Even the Benny Hill Show was seriously fucked up if you took away the funny music. Every sketch was based on a big fat guy running around trying to grab girls boobs. And you're thinking 'that's statutory rape', but then the saxophones start up and you're like 'Get her Benny! She's under the bed!'

So basically I think that Oh No! Oh My! are a bunch of fucked up individuals who are trying to infiltrate our minds until we kill each other. But you know what - I'm all for it, cos they can write some really great tunes! Have a listen to some of these babies, and then check out some more on their myspace page.

Oh No! Oh My! - Walk In The Park.mp3
Oh No! Oh My! - I Have No Sister.mp3
Oh No! Oh My! MySpace

And remember I warned you about them beforehand. Listening to their music is going to make you want to skip through the park until you find a lost puppy. And then you'll just want to hug it and squeeze it. Tighter. And tighter. And tighter...

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