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Rip It Up, Issue 50, 1 September 1981, Page 21

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Screaming Meemees See Me Go (Propeller) This is already a genuine I number one, and it has been exposed on radio and TV, so you've wnol excuse for not making up your own mind about it. After their part in the Blamatic Roadshow tour, many of you should have seen them on stage, too. The question 1 that occurs to me is;.which is the real Meemees? The studio cuts seem to communicate little of the intense drive that make the Meemees New Zealand's hottest teen act. Listen to them live at Mainstreet on the 12-inch and - you'll see what they are capable of.

Penknife Glides Nervous (Reaction)

It didn't take me long to discover that I was a little isolated in liking PKG's first single. To me, it represented the best of the band on stage, and that's a pretty good achievement for a debut. 'Nervous' is definitely an attempt to move on swapping the dense sound of Taking the Weight Off' for a more open, reggae style. The

four songs on the EPf are all handled differently, too, answering those who have claimed PKG are a one-speed band. The record's packaging is also a cut above with, thank the lord, no lyric sheet for disFractiSnMfcflßMMMi The Clean Tallyho (Flying Nun) The Clean bring back the Jansen Transonic sound in what could well be a tribute to the Simple Image, and the days when a local record could Ibe number one for six weeks. 'Tallyho' stands with the early Toy Love as an argument for Dunedin as New Zealand's home of the pure pop melody. The flip, 'Platypus' seems to feature vocals from a volunteer from the audience. Instigators | Not Really Bad (Ripper) A sophisticated offspring from an interesting marriage. The Instigators' Battle of the Bands' prize of studio time was overseen by the Blam's Don McGlashan and these two tracks are the result. 'Not Really Bad' and 'ln Line' are both dense, with something of the Pop Mechanix about them. Bad' wins out on the strength of its vocal. Smelly Feet / 2nd|EPjßH Second Nose Skin & Nail Problems EP Parts of the body make records. Second Nose don't sound as if they have been recorded, but ; rather , like they might be practising down the road somewhere. Smelly Feet gets into your living room, and doesn't seem to want to leave. Before you reach for the odoureaters, though, listen to A Song For the World'. Maybe the boy's got something. Francis 1 knnH