Glasgow art-rock three-piece F.O. Machete have perfect band DNA. Recent history shows that for the best alternative guitar tunes, three really is the magic number. Heres a quick list off the top. Nirvana. Sebadoh. Mclusky. The Flaming Lips. Debut Machete album, Blaze of Flashes, is notice that the next band in this list has arrived. This is music that chats you up in the bar with humour and intelligence, then gets you back to its place, brings in two of its friends, hands you a Viagra and covers you in oil. This stuff can rip your face off at 50 meters but has a hook your mum might sing along to. You want cynical and vicious yet at the same time infectiously bouncy, upbeat lyrics? Get this record. What if Olivia Newton-John had dated Steve Albini? What if Bjork and P.J. Harvey had a daughter? This record shows what would have happened. And there are songs about Richard Pryor. How cool does this sound?’
